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Debs Cooper's avatar

I'm currently reading comedian Fern Brady's book 'Strong Female Character' about her late autism diagnosis.

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

Oh, it's definitely on my list of things to read. Is it good? I'm hoping to do a round-up of Autistic memoirs and was thinking of including it!

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Debs Cooper's avatar

it is good - the opener drew me in where she reveals what happened when she told her dad and it was SO MY own dad's reaction (had he lived long enough to discover we were both ND) that I had to find out more. She was also one of the contestants on UK's 'Taskmaster' and I felt such an affinity with her "Oh no!"s, bless her.

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

Sounds great! I've heard her on a few podcasts and she was hilarious so I'm guessing her writing will be as well!

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Rey Katz (they/them)'s avatar

Thanks so much for this great list of books! I loved Unmasking Autism and look forward to reading the others. I really appreciate your recommendations.

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

Thanks Rey, I hope you found it useful for where to go next!

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

Yea, I love Devon's work!

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gwalter's avatar

Thank you. This is helpful.

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

So glad you found it useful!

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LwLw's avatar

Best way is to Google Scholar me - Lou Harvey (University of Leeds - but my uni webpage doesn’t show my most recent work, annoyingly). I’m working on a book at the moment but I’ve an article about transrational voice and participatory arts in South Africa in Journal of Peace Education which is an early version of my current thinking. I’m not very good at being a public scholar, I’m afraid! no blogs or Twitter…

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

Oh great I'll look for you, your research sounds incredibly relevant!

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LwLw's avatar

What a list! A couple I’ve not read here - thank you. Neuroqueer Heresies is one of my favourite books of all time. I’m contributing a chapter for Nick’s new book, on Neuroqueer Theory - a privilege indeed.

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

So glad it was helpful! And congratulations on the chapter in Nick's book, I can't wait to read it when it comes out, I'm only just starting to figure out how I might work neuroqueer theory into my own research!

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LwLw's avatar

I’d love to hear about your research! Have you written about it on the blog?

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

Mostly I keep the two separate, but I'm just finishing a PhD in sociology on healing justice in Guatemala. I wrote a blog last year for the LSE which explains it a little! https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/gender/2022/09/28/time-and-space-for-embodied-feminist-pedagogies-in-the-classroom/ Are you a member of the Narratives of neurodiversity discord? It's a great space for ND people working in academia!

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LwLw's avatar

Your research sounds great - really important. I’m an academic in Education with a lot of similar interests - currently writing about transrational pedagogy as a way to work through and beyond Cartesian and colonial binaries. I will watch your work with interest!

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Aisling Walsh's avatar

Oh wow, sounds like exactly what I have been writing for the last few chapters of my thesis! Is there somewhere I can find your work?

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