Reposted by Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)
Many thanks for publishing this piece that Betsy Selvam & I wrote @the-polyphony.bsky.social
A real honour and joy to review!
Divergent Textualities in Literature & Culture by @bergenmar.bsky.social Louise Creechan @annastenning.bsky.social
thepolyphony.org/2026/09/11/r...
thepolyphony.org
A ‘Neurodivergent Turn’: Review of ‘Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Divergent Textualities in Literature and Culture’
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.
![Word of the day graphic for Writing the Dawn, showing a crowd of people seen from behind at an outdoor event, warm-lit and slightly blurred. A cream banner across the top reads "Sonder." Below it, text on a soft cream card reads: "Sonder (neologism, noun) [SAHN-der]: the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own, filled with their own ambitions, friendships, routines, and worries." Beneath the crowd image, a crescent moon and sunburst emblem sits above the words "Writing the Dawn, Workshops & Coaching," with the source credited as Merriam-Webster and Koenig, 2021.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwee7ln2ycugc7y6m7zehbfq/bafkreihetd4kfbqwacgypheioa5olpu26cdhq2un3l5rgxha6vwvqn4t2a)
