This brief two episode interview with Dr. Brett Heasman starts with a conversation about his views on human flourishing, neurodiversity and flow, and public perceptions of autism.

Show Notes

Brett Heasman

Heasman Flow Lab

Brett Heasman’s ResearchGate profile

Sensory Street

Autistic Flow

Heasman, B., Williams, G., Charura, D., Hamilton, L. G., Milton, D., & Murray, F. (2024). Towards autistic flow theory: A non-pathologising conceptual approach. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 54(4), 469–497. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12427

A podcast of the authors discussing the paper

Wain, D., G.Williams, D.Charura, et al. 2026. “Transitioning in and out of Autistic Flow: A Qualitative Study Presenting a Non-Pathologising Approach to Autistic Well-Being and Conceptualising Autistic Ways of Being in Clinical and Therapeutic Settings.” Counselling and Psychotherapy Research26, no. 1: e70073. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.70073.

Understanding Autistic Flow with Dr Brett Heasman – The Middletown Centre for Autism Podcast

Complimentary Cognition

Taylor H, Fernandes B, Wraight S. The Evolution of Complementary Cognition: Humans Cooperatively Adapt and Evolve through a System of Collective Cognitive Search. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 2022;32(1):61-77. doi:10.1017/S0959774321000329

Open Minds

Open Minds Exhibition

LSE Research | Brett Heasman on improving public understanding of autism

Researchers

Morag Galloway

Monique Botha
(ResearchGate)

Damian Milton
(ResearchGate)

Fergus Murray
(ResearchGate)