This afternoon I attended a wonderful session from some of our brilliant @ndhumanities.bsky.social members. A powerful space for collab discussion and imagining a future of neuroaffirming humanities. Thanks to the organisers for holding such a wonderful event with us! Watch this space for more!

✂️ What if academia was designed differently - more inclusive, more creative, and shaped by diverse ways of thinking? Join @ndhumanities.bsky.social for an online zine-making workshop to explore these ideas. No experience needed! 🗓 13 May 12.30–2pm Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...

Reimagining academia/the humanities: a collaborative zine-making workshop

Join us for a workshop reimagining academia and the humanities from a neurodivergent perspective.

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Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances, we will be postponing this event. Watch this spaces for the rescheduled event later this year! 🔥

Neurodivergent Humanities Network@ndhumanities.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Where, and how, are conversations about neurodiversity unfolding today? What is lost, reshaped, or new when translating neurodiversity across cultures and disciplines? Join us on April 23rd for a free, online roundtable on Translating Neurodiversity! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

Where, and how, are conversations about neurodiversity unfolding today? What is lost, reshaped, or new when translating neurodiversity across cultures and disciplines? Join us on April 23rd for a free, online roundtable on Translating Neurodiversity! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

One of our network leads @danielpjones.bsky.social has recently published a paper! It approaches Tourette Syndrome treatment approaches through the lens of technoableism. Why not give it a read? #TouretteSyndrome #AcademicSky #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

Dr. Daniel P. Jones@danielpjones.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Why is this device even an issue?" I present to you, my latest Open Access paper! Here, I approach Neupulse (and median nerve stimulation more broadly) through the lens of technoableism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #TouretteSyndrome #Tics #AcademicSky #DisabilityStudies

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

Neurodiversity is More Than...

A symposium organised by Abs S. Ashley and Ombre Tarragnat

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Thrilled to be one of the presenters at this fantastic symposium. Can't wait!

Neurodivergent Humanities Network@ndhumanities.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

I'm one of the invited speakers for this symposium, can't wait! 😁 Sign up here...

Neurodivergent Humanities Network@ndhumanities.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

This is going to be awesome - so excited to share this free online symposium!!

Neurodivergent Humanities Network@ndhumanities.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

I am excited to share that I will be presenting at this event with @ndhumanities.bsky.social next year alongside @emergentdivergence.com Free tickets! Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

Neurodiversity is More Than...

A symposium organised by Abs S. Ashley and Ombre Tarragnat

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Neurodivergent Humanities Network@ndhumanities.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

We were thrilled to meet Warda at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference last summer and are just as excited for this new, important book.

Warda Farah@wardasworld.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Are we nurturing a person’s capacity to express their truth or gently steering them toward an institutional ideal of what normal speech/language/communication should be? 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 www.routledge.com/White-System...

Are we nurturing a person’s capacity to express their truth or gently steering them toward an institutional ideal of what normal speech/language/communication should be? 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 www.routledge.com/White-System...

What forms of inclusion and exclusion does neurodiversity perform as a concept, field, and movement? How may lines of queer, trans, crip, decolonial, posthumanist, or Mad thinking shake up and overspill the conventional boundaries of neurodiversity? Please join us for this important discussion! 🔥

Neurodivergent Humanities Network@ndhumanities.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

🚨 NEURODIVERSITY IS MORE THAN... symposium 📅 4 March 2026, 9-5pm GMT, online. Free to attend, all welcome! Sign up below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...

Neurodiversity is More Than...

A symposium organised by Abs S. Ashley and Ombre Tarragnat

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"Pathology lite complements the now well-known concept of neurodiversity lite. It highlights equally risky ways that scientific discourse and practice can subtly reinforce harm against neurodivergent people" Good thoughts from: @ombretarragnat.bsky.social ombretarragnat.com/2025/11/03/w...

What is pathology lite?

© Ombre Tarragnat 2024 Pathology lite complements the now well-known concept of neurodiversity lite. It highlights equally risky ways that scientific discourse and practice can subtly reinforce har…

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Another blog post, this time exploring the unique ways in which neurodivergent people use their neurodivergence to support or oppose animal politics! ombretarragnat.com/2025/11/10/f...

From neurodivergent speciesism to neurodivergent veganism

© Ombre Tarragnat 2024 Neurodivergence is increasingly mobilised to support ethico-political agendas related to animal politics. This blog post proposes new concepts to identify these growing trend…

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Calling all creative writers, both published and unpublished. First prize is £1500, including publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology. Enter your short story of up to 4000 words until 31 Jan 2026, with low income entries available on a limited basis every month.

Bristol Short Story Prize@bristolshortstory.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We’re open for submissions! Closing date 31st January. Visit our website to read our submission rules, register your entry, and check out our amazing judges: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/rules/

Network co-lead @danielpjones.bsky.social is facilitating this wonderful online roundtable on the future of Tourette Synrome research - tickets are free, and available in the original post!

Dr. Daniel P. Jones@danielpjones.bsky.social · 9mo ago

One week to go! 🎉 24 Nov, 3–5pm GMT 'Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of #TouretteSyndrome Research' features a Tourettic-majority panel sharing bold provocations on #TS, ownership of diagnosis, art-science collaboration, and more! Free registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...

We're excited and proud to share that network member Rhiannon Hawkins has produced the world's first Mental Health Vulnerability Index RE climate change, which is so important in the context of the climate crisis! Read her work here: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... #ClimateChange #MentalHealth

Network co-lead @danielpjones.bsky.social is facilitating a roundtable on the interdisciplinary futures of Tourette Syndrome research! More info below! 🤩 #TouretteSyndrome #MedicalHumanities #AcademicSky

Dr. Daniel P. Jones@danielpjones.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What is the future of Tourette Syndrome research, beyond the 'syndrome'? I'm really excited to be facilitating a remote roundtable of provocations with these folks. Why not come along, and see what the future of interdisciplinary TS research holds? Tickets⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...

Check out our 2 new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrating Autistic experiences and perspectives. www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...

Educational Animation Videos about Autistic Experiences

Our two new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrate Autistic experiences and perspectives.

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I’m excited to announce the first two webinars in the WAARC series “Dreaming Up A Disability-Inclusive Workplace”. 29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo lnkd.in/e7v9dNkf 26 Nov: Complicated Pride: Disability, Neurodiversity and Ambivalence lnkd.in/e3y32vkg

Tomorrow marks the start of my #Dance Residency with Dance City. I'll be exploring #urban #affect and its impact on the Tourettic body, and considering the value of tics in performance spaces for translating experiences of #TouretteSyndrome! 🕺 Here's to making art! 🌟 (Photos from previous work!)

🚨 Fully funded PhD positions across Europe: TRANSCEND Doctoral Network 🚨 biomed.au.dk/transcend-ne...

🚨FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS in Transformative Humanities, Durham University. 🚨 📄 Tuition fee waiver, 3.5 year stipend. 📄 8 studentships available. ⁉️ Q&A session 10/11/25. ⏱️ Application deadline: 16/01/26. www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Lex Academic scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students doing groundbreaking research in the humanities! www.lexacademic.com/scholarships/

The “Science of Reading” isn’t science—it’s a marketing slogan used to enshrine phonics-based instruction into law. This article explores how GLPs are excluded, remediated, and monetised by an industry built on enclosure. open.substack.com/pub/autside/...

Literacy for Sale: How the “Science of Reading” Became an Industry—and Why GLPs Are Left Behind

How the “Science of Reading” Became a Profitable Illusion—and Why Gestalt Language Processors Were Never Meant to Succeed Within It

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Our leadership member, Daniel, has written this excellent article which reflects on matters of meaningful inclusion when organising and/or facilitating academic events.

Dr. Daniel P. Jones@danielpjones.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Just published: Inclusion and Sharing Best Practice for Academic Events Facilitation ✨ The sharing of best practice is, and always will be, more important than competing for institutional accessibility accreditations! Read my reflections here: sheffield.ac.uk/sites/defaul...