This essay collection refuses to ‘reduce neurodiversity to a pathologised object of clinical study or passive trope in literature’, say Betsy Selvam and Helen Edgar.
Loshini Rajentharan explains why mythological vignettes help her reflect on her work with psychiatric patients.
Sarah Boira introduces their Bed Theory, noticing the assumptions and borders of the seemingly mundane object of the bed.
Arlene Jackson’s reflective cyanotype prints allow the sun’s rays to transform a body dehumanised by sexist medical disbelief into ‘something extraordinary’.
Kate Marks and Tracey Falcon’s polyvocal creative text, with artwork and audio, explores spinal cord injury and movement within the human and non-human environment.
Anindita Charles Xavier explores the representation of disability, state control, and body politics in Ishiguro’s novel.
Leo Gunn explores epistemic injustice, “a wrong done to someone specifically in their capacity as a knower” in chronic illness.
A quiet practice of attention, belonging, and rest in urban parks from Yewande Okuleye.
Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses ‘Unboxing’, a methodology taking reproductive health research to Black Caribbean women.
Meg-John Barker reflects on how we might queer research cultures towards more tender and caring ways of working with ourselves, each other, and our communities.
