Autism Acceptance Day - Sunday: where I look back and ahead, say more about ACCLAIM and possibly make up a new word to convey where I'm heading next

When I press send for this posting, I will have published seven in seven days, one for each day of Autism Acceptance Week. 

I've gone in quite a few directions, including: 

• talking about the potential in writing interactive mythological choose-your-own fiction 
• reflecting on studying at a college that was attractive to neurodivergent people 
• realising that the fit between a paper on Dance Movement Theory that I'll be writing for a conference in Coimbra later this year and the autism and myth activities I've developed/am planning is stronger than I'd realised.

I've not covered everything I thought I would. For example, on one of the days, I said that I was planning to write on Double Empathy Theory, but other things took over. But this will come: I am planning a new, post-Herculean, Medusean phase in my project - I just made up the word Medusean I think... - shaped by this Theory. 

I'm going to end where I started on Monday with the Acclaim Network. Since Monday, several people have joined, including from the UK, Ireland and the US. 

Acclaim Network as at 2nd April 2023 B-Mac

To date two new biographies are up - along with photos of the members' younger selves. Further bios will be added soon, possibly tomorrow.

Acclaim members as at 2nd April 2023: Mar-W

I'm looking forward to finding ways of networking. The scope is vast given the range of interests and connections including to give just a very quick sense of what connects us:

• writing fairy-tale dystopian novels 
• engaging marginalised students 
• exploring classical myth in inclusive children's fiction
• investigating ancient Greek mythology in popular culture
• mapping intersections of history, culture and neurodiversity
• discovering myth as a portal to other worlds
• innovating performance research
• negotiating intersections of neurodivergence, gender identity, sexuality and antiquity
• applying multidisciplinary pedagogies
• mapping classical receptions in sci-fi, literature and TV 

For more information - the above is far from complete - please read the bios here. 

I'll share progress in this blog...