David HartleyNetworking with the NeurodivergentFor the last 18 months, I’ve been a member of the Narratives of Neurodiversity Network — indeed I can describe myself as one of the…Apr 30, 2022Apr 30, 2022
David HartleyAutistic AurasBlade Runner — Alan Garner — Burial — The Legend of ZeldaMar 31, 20221Mar 31, 20221
David HartleySome of the ways I am not neurotypical… and how I absolutely amThroughout 2022, I aim to write a post a month on here exploring an idea I’m calling ‘neurocuriosity’. This is a term I’ve concocted from…Jan 31, 2022Jan 31, 2022
David HartleyNeurocuriosity, or; the Resonant Realm between Autism and Non-autismAutism persists. This, I think, might be its most important characteristic. It existed, in a biological sense, long before it was given a…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020
David HartleyPuppeteering Autism: What We (Still) Get Wrong in Representations of NeurodiversityThis week a new theatre production opens in Southwark Playhouse called All in a Row which takes autism as its subject matter. A trailer…Feb 10, 2019Feb 10, 2019
David HartleyNarrative in Flux: Notes from Writing AutismMy work-in-progress is a novel and its topic is autism. I came to the writing of it with a certain degree of authority as the sibling to an…Jul 2, 2018Jul 2, 2018
David HartleyNeuro-Revolutionaries: Listening to the Actually AutisticWhat the neurotypical need to learn about not being neurotypicalAug 22, 20178Aug 22, 20178