The Mycelial Mind: NeuroKin Conversations

What does neurodivergent spirituality mean? In this episode of The Mycelial Mind: NeuroKin Conversations, hosts David Gray-Hammond and Adele Murray explore neurodivergent spirituality, isolation and belonging in Autistic community.

David and Adele begin by separating neurodivergent spirituality from religion, recognising the faith-based trauma many in our community carry. They talk about spirituality as purpose, meaning, values and ethics; the ripple effects of our actions beyond our own lifetimes; Cloud Atlas; and where quantum physics, Buddhism and neurodivergent ways of questioning the world meet.

The conversation then turns to isolation. Autistic people aren’t unsociable; we socialise differently, and the double empathy problem explains much of the distance we feel. Drawing on the concept of urhomelessness, David and Adele explore what it means to feel unsafe and unacknowledged, even among our own people, and why neurodivergent communities must include everyone, especially those whose experiences challenge us.

Also in this episode: what’s on at NeuroHub Community, our new projects, and the launch of The Wider Existence, a Substack exploring neuroqueering, ethodiversity and posthumanism, starting with symphrenia: a community-created, non-pathologising term for AuDHD people with psychotic experiences.

Neurodivergent-Friendly Halloween Hangout; online; Saturday 31 October, 6pm (UK); donation-based; spooky movie trivia quiz, Halloween infodump and a raffle for a free NeuroHub product: https://events.humanitix.com/neurodivergent-friendly-halloween-hangout
A Christmas That Fits for Autistic People; online webinar with workbook; Friday 27 November, 6pm (UK); donation-based: https://events.humanitix.com/christmas-for-autistic-people
Autistic-Friendly End of Year Party; in person at St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, Coldean, Brighton; Saturday 19 December, 4pm; early bird tickets £7.50; only 60 places: https://events.humanitix.com/autistic-friendly-christmas-party

With Helen Edgar and Autistic Realms: interactive Re-Storying Autism and Autistic Identity courses (with a bundle option); Phoenix, our neurodivergent-affirming AI companion and website widget; and the beta NeuroHub client platform for practitioners, built around the Six-Point Framework.
https://horizons.neurohubcommunity.org

00:00 Welcome
02:16 What’s on at NeuroHub: Halloween Hangout
04:19 A Christmas That Fits
07:11 Autistic-friendly end-of-year party
10:23 The Horizon Project and new courses
12:36 Phoenix, the neurodivergent-affirming AI companion
15:23 The Wider Existence and symphrenia
18:39 Neurodivergent spirituality
33:17 Isolation, belonging and community
39:06 Closing and signposts

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Mycelial Mind: NeuroKin Connections: a NeuroHub Community Podcast

“Neuroaffirming” has become one of the most-used words in disability and mental health spaces; but what does it actually mean, and is it enough? In this episode, host David Gray-Hammond is joined by Adele Murray, with NeuroHub community member Holly dropping in throughout, to dig into the substance behind the buzzword.

The conversation opens with a roundup of what’s happening at NeuroHub: the online community is approaching 400 members, the Professional Gateway subscription has just launched, and the 2nd Annual Autistic Mental Health Conference is now under two months away.

From there, the trio works through three central questions. What do we actually mean when we say neuroaffirming, and does it mean the same thing to everyone? Can neuroaffirming practice be done badly, including by organisations that use the term as a marketing buzzword without backing it up? And finally, is there something beyond neuroaffirming we should be striving for; leading David to introduce the idea of neurodivergent competence, building on Tanya Adkin’s work on monotropic split and the monotropic spiral, and to ask what genuine competence in supporting neurodivergent people would actually require.

Along the way the discussion touches on where affirmation meets ethical complexity, who gets to claim authority on neurodivergent experience, and why genuine dialogue and listening matter more than credentials.

The episode closes with details of NeuroHub’s online Stim & Glimmer Party for Autistic Pride, and a final round of “glimmers”; the small things bringing everyone joy that week.

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Join David Gray-Hammond and Adele Murray to discuss everything from the things going on at NeuroHub Community to how neurodivergent communities connect nd support each other through the lens mycelial networks.

The offerings mentioned in this episode can be found at the links below.

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What is community? Is it a tangible thing that we can reach out and hold, or is it a fundamentally philosophical endeavour that requires thought and exploration.

This first episode of The Mycelial Mind: Neurokin Conversations Introduces NeuroHub Community’s ecological approach to community and wellbeing through philosphical concepts grounded in practical application.

The episode is hosted by David Gray-Hammond with Helen Edgar & Adele Murray.

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