Dr. Nick Walker on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, & the Concept of Neuroqueering

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Zoom Event Registration: https://minnstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2T4XrERpTYS9V9GGdqIEtw

Dr. Nick Walker (pronouns: she/her) will join us for an online conversation on her new book, "Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities," published in December 2021.

Dr. Walker will also have a Q&A with students following their discussion.

Nick Walker is a queer, transgender, flamingly autistic writer and educator best known for her foundational work on the neurodiversity paradigm, her development of the term neuroqueer, and her contributions to fostering the emergence genre of neuroqueer speculative fiction. She is a professor of psychology at California Institute of Integral Studeies, and senior instructor at the Aiki Arts Center in Berkeley.