Thank you!

I'm also disabled and can't leave the house most days. This is actually the first in person presentation I've said yes to since starting my PhD 4 years ago! Hopefully my body won't betray me on the day 😬

Thanks! It doesn't look like the event will be recorded, but I'm hoping to get permission to record my talk 🤞🏻 If not, I'll try to record it at home or turn it into a blog post or annotated slides. I definitely want to make it more accessible!

I am looking forward to giving a presentation on Autistic music at the next Goldsmiths/Lewisham Research Café for Autism Acceptance Month!

On Wed. 29th of April at 12pm, at Goldsmiths Library
@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

More info and booking (free):
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goldsmiths...

•Analysis of works by neurodivergent musicians, and/or works that explore ND themes

•Neurodivergent music history

•Neurodivergent musical cultures: fandoms, listening experiences, sensory aspects of live acts, etc.

•Music making and creative practices

Some suggested topic areas for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference:

•Research methodologies

•Neuronormativity in music education and the industry

•Accessible music education

•Mad music

•Western music staff perception and alternate formats

•Music and stimming

Only 5 days left to submit an abstract for the first Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference!

#AutRes #MusicResearch #PhD #AcademicSky

So true! I listened to the LSO last week playing Dvorak's 9th symphony. It was the first time in a while because of my health, and wow! I wasn't expecting such a strong full-bodied multi-sensory response to the music.

2026 Virtual Summer Conference Dear all, We are excited to invite you to the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st 2026 (asynchronous).  Our virtual event is held by the Neurodivergent...

If you've been looking for a neurodiversity-affirming space to share your work on music and neurodivergence, our network’s first conference is accepting abstract submissions. I’d love to read what you’re working on!

Deadline is April 13: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

Thankfully we are now seeing a shift towards research centering neurodivergent experiences.

I'm really enjoying meeting other researchers questioning neuronormativity in music studies, actively proposing alternative methodologies and approaches that value the diversity of bodyminds.

One of the best parts of my PhD has been realising I'm not the only one tired of neuronormativity in neurodivergent music research.

Historically this area has rarely been explored in neurodiversity-affirming ways, especially when it comes to stigmatised neurominorities.

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Delighted to share this new article, led by doctoral researcher Lucie Eadon, on whether active learning approaches in higher education are enabling or disabling for autistic learners #autres journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Winter Research Round-Up 2025 A round-up of research and academic books related to monotropism, collated by Helen Edgar with Fergus Murray. This is just a snapshot of some things that have crossed our path between June and Dece…

Every now and then we post a round-up of research that's been published mentioning monotropism in recent months. As more and more is published, this becomes a harder and harder task! This one only takes us to last December.

monotropism.org/2026/winter-...

Amazing collection of some of Alice Wong’s writings. If you’re not familiar, please peruse.

RIP Alice, we miss you tremendously 🖤

We encourage researchers from all disciplines to submit, including but not limited to:

• #MusicPsychology & #Psychoacoustics

• #MusicComposition & #Performance

• #PracticeResearch

• #Music #Computing

• #MusicEducation

• #Musicology

To submit: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

When the Ecology Fractures: Monotropism and Autistic Burnout (Part 2) Autistic burnout exploring monotropism, sensory stress, masking and relational environments. Learn why burnout happens and how support can help.

When the Ecology Fractures: Monotropism and Autistic Burnout (Part 2)
morerealms.com/when-the-eco...

The Neurodivergent Music Network now has its own domain name: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com

The deadline to submit a paper for our inaugural conference is April 13th!

#MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes

Narrowing down the definition of autism creates division. It makes it easier to dismiss the voices that challenge the status quo. If an advocate is "too articulate" or "too humorous," they are told they aren't really autistic—silencing the very people who are breaking these stereotypes. 4/

So it threatens neuronormative beliefs of what it means to be a "normal" and "functional" human being—and that scares the heck out of people! Especially those who have built their entire careers around defining who is the "right" kind of human, and who isn't... 3/

Why does the flourishing of Autistic culture—our advocates, artists, and researchers—feel like such a threat?

Because it challenges the core of neuronormativity. It proves that being autistic isn't just a list of deficits or "superpowers". It is a valid way of being human. 2/

I keep thinking about the increasing push to narrow the criteria for autism diagnosis. There is a profound social impact to this: the fragmentation of Autistic communities. While this doesn't seem like the most problematic of consequences, it actually can have profound repercussions. 1/

These claims provide a convenient narrative to gatekeep support under current SEN reforms in the UK, denying help to those who appear to be "functioning", no matter how much they struggle internally and what consequences this will have on their mental health and future. 4/

Unsurprisingly, it's the voices of autistic girls and women that are the primary targets of Frith's comments, who question the legitimacy of our experiences and even diagnosis, dismissing our struggles entirely. 3/

And arguing that those who can articulate their thoughts mustn't be autistic is a decades-old strategy to silence autistic voices and exclude us from research made about us. In fact, it is the same strategy that has been and is being used against many other minorities to deny them any agency. 2/

Uta Frith's claims that autistic masking doesn't exist because of a lack of research ignores a significant body of peer-reviewed research directly linking long-term masking to burnout, depression, and suicidality. It silences the voices of autistic people who have been sharing their experiences. 1/

A most excellent response to Uta Frith's statements!

New conference poster 🙂

Submit your abstracts for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference here: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual...

#AutRes #MusicResearch #CallForPapers #AcademicSky #Neurodivergent #Music

“Masking Is a Myth, Late Diagnoses Are Wrong, and Non-Speaking Autistic People May Be Lying” - What Uta Frith Got Wrong — canary SEND Professor Uta Frith said masking isn't real, late diagnoses were mistakes, and non-speaking autistic people may be lying. She had no evidence. Here's the response she didn't get.

Uta Frith said masking isn’t real, late diagnoses were probably wrong, and non-speaking autistic people who write may be lying. She admitted she had no proof. None of it was challenged. I wrote the response she didn’t get: www.canarysend.co.uk/canarysendbl...

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@petewharmby.com isn't active on here these days, but he, along with others, has written a response to that Uta Frith TES article www.twinkl.co.uk/news/experts...

Well, that's a big disappointment.