Neuroqueer Coaching.
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Neuroqueer Coaching Talk
Coming soon! Here, you’ll find the replay of my talk on Neuroqueer Coaching when it’s released.
Neuroqueering, as defined (as much as it is definable) by Dr. Nick Walker, is the practice of queering (subverting, defying, disrupting, liberating oneself from) neuronormativity and heteronormativity simultaneously. As a verb, it refers to a broad range of interrelated practices. As an adjective, it describes things that are associated with those practices or that result from those practices.
In this session, we explore ways in which neuronormativity and cisheteronormativity can show up in common coaching tools and practices. We’ll then start to neuroqueer coaching together.
Together, we examine common assumptions in coaching practice that may unintentionally center neurotypical, cis/het, able-bodied norms. It’s an invitation to question, expand, and soften the structures we work within so we can create increasingly inclusive spaces / belonging.
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Resources
Foundation - Start Here
Neuroqueer: An Introduction by Nick Walker, PhD
NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS by Nick Walker, PhD
Book: Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker, Phd
Book: We’re All Neurodiverse - How to Build a Neurodiversity-Affirming Future and Challenge Neuronormativity by Sonny Jane Wise
The Experience of Time
How Do You "See" Time? Or Do You? by Marta Rose
Refusing the Elevator Pitch: On Reciprocity, Resonance, and the Ethics of Understanding GLP Minds by Jaime Hoerricks, PhD
Book: Sand Talk - How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
Working with Neurodivergent Clients
NEUROTYPICAL PSYCHOTHERAPISTS & AUTISTIC CLIENTS by Nick Walker, PhD
Free downloadable resources by Sonny Jane Wise:
The Compassion Collective Provider Toolkit: What to Look for in Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy, Assessments, and Providers by Sher Griffin
From Deficit to Difference: Rethinking Autistic Communication in Cross-Neurotype Contexts by Dr. Megan Anna Neff (Neurodivergent Insights)
Critical Thinking, Further Reading & Capitalism
Sluggish Podcast: Neuroqueering w / Marta Rose and KR Moorhead
We Need Critical ADHD Studies Now by Jesse Meadows
Neuroqueer Learning Spaces Webinar. David Gray-Hammond and Dr. Nick Walker discuss neuroqueer theory and it's application to learning spaces.
Book: Empire of Normality - Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman
Why I Don’t Say “Neurotypical” by BJ Ferguson (Spiral Lab guest post)
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