Autism and Classical Myth

Susan Deacy

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

Getting ready to arrive somewhere new for an autistic take on classical myth in London

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Here's a very quick posting while I get ready to leave for London - to head to the London base of the University of Notre Dame near Traf...
Sunday, 2 April 2023

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

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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...
Saturday, 1 April 2023

Autism Acceptance Week - Saturday... Where I look back to my time studying at a haven for neurodivergent people

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I recently responded to a call for comments from alumni looking to start an advocacy group for Lampeter. The call asked what it was about th...
Friday, 31 March 2023

Autism Acceptance Week - Friday: An interactive mythological adventure inspired by *Classical Mythology and Children's Literature... An Alphabetical Odyssey*

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When I was about 10, I became aware of a kind of book for children that I'd not heard of previously. This may have just been new to me -...
Thursday, 30 March 2023

Autism Acceptance Week – Thursday… ‘What Isadora Duncan knew: Athena as Dance Movement Therapist in ancient Greek art’

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Abraham Walkowitz, Isadora Duncan #29 , c. 1915. W ater and ink over graphite,  Brooklyn Museum  39.174, retrieved from Wikimedia Commons A ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Autism Acceptance Week Wednesday - some midweek updates and the link for the talk mentioned in yesterday's posting

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 Today, I'm writing a shorter posting a I'll be out for a chunk of the day, computer-less, writing a first draft of a chapter of a b...
Tuesday, 28 March 2023

I am not sure whether this is actually true: Autism Acceptance Week – Tuesday… From Richard Burton, to the autism test, to forcefields

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I am not sure whether this is actually true, but I remember hearing decades ago that Richard Burton would never watch a performance of himse...
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Susan Deacy
London, United Kingdom
I am a classicist who researches and teaches ancient Greece, especially its mythmaking. This interest has led to various projects on deities and other personages and on what they meant in antiquity and what they have meant, and can mean, since then, including for autistic people. I have written several books, including one which presents a set of Hercules-themed activities for autistic children. For some of my initiatives, including around trying to diversify Classics, I won a National Teaching Fellowship (2015) and became a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016). I hold several academic positions including at Bristol University where I'm currently Honorary Professor.
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