The Library of Neurodivergent Alexandria
An open archive of neurodivergent voices: writing, talks, podcasts and stories, gathered by the NeuroHub community.
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Posts from neurodivergent writers and the blogs the Library follows.
A posthuman exploration of Autistic embodiment, neuroqueering, monotropic attention and ethodiversity. Rethinking burnout, sensory climates and relational ecologies.
The article explores the Autistic community as a living ecology, utilising the concepts of rhizomes and mycelium to illustrate support systems that facilitate belonging and recovery from burnout. It…
Explore the possible link between Autistic burnout and liminal sleep states such as hypnopompic and hypnagogic experiences through a neuroqueer lens.
Explore Autistic burnout recovery through ecological re-assembly. Learn how rest, environment, sensory safety, and identity support sustainable healing and renewal.
Autistic burnout exploring monotropism, sensory stress, masking and relational environments. Learn why burnout happens and how support can help.
Explore how monotropism shapes neurodivergent attention, learning and wellbeing. This accessible guide explains rhizomes, mycelial care networks and re-worlding through neuroqueer and ecological…
There’s a particular vulnerability in reviewing a “functional” drink when you live sober. You don’t just taste it. You monitor it. You clock the minutes. You pay attention to the micro-shifts in your…
Weird Pride is a practice of becoming. A refusal to shrink. A quiet, feral devotion to staying alive as ourselves in a world that keeps trying to make us something else.
Autistic belonging grows through community, from liminal spaces, not conformity.
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Limerence in Autistic and ADHD people may be shaped by monotropism, a natural tendency toward deep focus and emotional intensity. Rather than being unhealthy or excessive, this pattern reflects how…
A neuro-affirming, relational approach to supporting children with profound and multiple learning disabilities, centred on safety, communication, and being-with.
Reframing stimming beyond “behaviour” as embodied sensory language, monotropic flow, and neuroqueer, interdependent connection with the world.
Getting sober is often sold as a before-and-after photo. Before: chaos, pain, mess, regret. After: clarity, joy, healing, gratitude, sunrise yoga. That story is comforting but woefully incomplete.…
Trip positions itself as a calming, alcohol-free alternative; one of those drinks that promises relaxation without the fog. I tried a single can, well chilled, opting for the elderflower and mint…
When Guinness announced a zero-alcohol version of their iconic stout, I felt a genuine flicker of excitement. Guinness had always been a favourite of mine, something I’d quietly missed since getting…
Getting sober as a neurodivergent person isn’t a straight line. It’s more like a tide chart drawn by someone who feels weather in their bones. Some days the sea is calm. Some days it throws cutlery…
Some alcohol-free drinks try to replace alcohol. Others try to distract you from it. Sentia Cask Whiskey Alternative does something more interesting; it creates a moment. Sentia was started by…
Sobriety is often treated like a moral event. A fall, a failure, a redemption arc neatly wrapped in a bow. But for many people, choosing a sober lifestyle is quieter than that. Less lightning bolt,…
Glass Half Interesting is a blog about sober living, alcohol-free drinks, and the quiet, radical act of choosing what you put in your body. I’m nearly ten years into recovery from drug and alcohol…
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