Episode 14 – Autistic Flow

Vince and Vanessa discourse expediently upon 2 papers about Autistic Flow. The first describes a proposed theory of Autistic Flow and the second is a qualitative study of Autistic people transitioning in and out of flow. We also talk about anarchist callisthenics.

Show Notes

Anarchist Callisthenics

Anarchist Callisthenics video by Jon Jon

The Happy Urbanist

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.

Researchers

Heasman Flow Lab

Gemma Williams

Divine Charura
(interview)

Lorna Hamilton
(RaY)
(BlueSky)

Damian Milton
(Participatory Autism Research)

Fergus Murray

Daniella Wain

Deborah Wortman

Weird Pride Day

https://weirdpride.day/

The Double Empathy Problem

Milton, Damian & Waldock, Krysia & Keates, Nathan. (2023). Autism and the ‘double empathy problem’. 10.4324/9781003189978-6.

Milton, Damian. (2012). On the ontological status of autism: The ‘double empathy problem’. Disability & Society – DISABIL SOC. 27. 1-5. 10.1080/09687599.2012.710008.

Monotropism

A website with tonnes of resources and links about monotropism:
monotropism.org

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