Neuroqueering, & postnormal possibilities: Nick Walker in discussion with Aucademy
Channel: Aucademy
Date: 2022-01-23

Recorded and originally aired: Saturday 22nd of January 2022, 19:00 London GMT; 11:00 PST: *Neuroqueering, & postnormal possibilities: Nick Walker in discussion with Aucademy's Katie, Annette, & Chloe 22.01.2022*

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Guest speaker details: 
Dr Nick Walker (she/her) is a queer, transgender, flamingly Autistic author and educator best known for her foundational work on the neurodiversity paradigm and Neuroqueer Theory. She is a professor of psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies, a Managing Editor at Autonomous Press, and co-creator of the Weird Luck webcomic.

Dr. Walker on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/WalkerSensei
Dr. Walker on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/nickwalkersensei
Autonomous Press on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AutPress
Autonomous Press on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/autonomouspress
Dr. Walker‘s website:  https://neuroqueer.com/ 
Autonomous Press:  http://autpress.com/
Webcomic:  https://weirdluck.net/ 

Suggested reading/resources:
* Walker, N, 2021: Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neuroqueer-Heresies-Neurodiversity-Empowerment-Possibilities/dp/1945955260/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PUQSDOR05BWO&keywords=neuroqueer+heresies+nick+walker&qid=1639058866&sprefix=neuroqueer%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1

*What is Neurodiversity? with Dr Chloe Farahar: https://youtu.be/FHFWAwT1RQw 

*Neuroqueer Life & Literature: Nick Walker on Aucademy educating with Chloe 25.09.2021: https://youtu.be/11mEmoe8QOU 

*https://neuroqueer.com/ - includes essay on definitions and terminology https://neuroqueer.com/neurodiversity-terms-and-definitions/

*Kapp, S, 2020: Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-8437-0 

*Milton, D, 2020: The Neurodiversity Reader: Exploring Concepts, Lived Experience and Implications for Practice: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912755394/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_ZwFSEbVWA78Q0?fbclid=IwAR1HGgq2-Qb6UcrsBOvsU0aVYWt-LLr0BjCTpIzas4nf-bQbNEDV92G66tU 

*Yergeau, M, 2017: Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness https://www.amazon.co.uk/Authoring-Autism-Rhetoric-Neurological-Queerness/dp/0822370115

**Please note we are not clinicians or diagnosticians** 

Dr Chloe Farahar (she/they) - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate 

Dr Annette Foster (she/they) - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate 

Katie Munday (they/them) - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate

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