{"id":65,"date":"2026-04-16T03:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:07:51","slug":"episode-10-nick-walkers-doctoral-dissertation-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Episode  10 &#8211; Nick Walker&#8217;s Doctoral Dissertation Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vince and Vanessa fly through part 1 of excitedly describing Nick Walker\u2019s doctoral dissertation, which is entitled: Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration. As you can imagine, Vanessa is completely delighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/autistic-small-talk\/2739946?theme=dark&#038;v=2\" title=\"Nick Walker's Doctoral Dissertation Part 1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"202px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/autistic-small-talk\/2739946\">Nick Walker&#8217;s Doctoral Dissertation Part 1<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\">Show Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Nick Walker\u2019s doctoral dissertation<\/strong><\/strong><br><br>Walker, Nick (2019) <a href=\"https:\/\/neuroqueer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Nick_Walker_Dissertation.pdf\">Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration.<\/a> [Doctoral Dissertaion, California Institute of Integral Studies].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>ABA causing harm<\/strong><br><strong>(Citations from Nick Walker\u2019s dissertation about lifelong post-traumatic stress symptoms)<\/strong><br><br>Asasumasu, K. (2013b, November 7). The tyranny of indistinguishability: performance [Web log post].<br>Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/timetolisten.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/the-tyranny-of-indistinguishability.html\">http:\/\/timetolisten.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/the-tyranny-of-indistinguishability.html<\/a><br><br>Bascom, J. (2012). Quiet hands. In J. Bascom (Ed.), Loud hands: Autistic people, speaking (pp. 177\u2013182). Washington, DC:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/autisticadvocacy.org\/publisher\/the-autistic-press\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/autisticadvocacy.org\/publisher\/the-autistic-press\/\">Autistic Press.<\/a><br><br>Dawson, M. (2004). The misbehaviour of behaviourists: Ethical challenges to the autism-ABA industry.<br>Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sentex.net\/~nexus23\/naa_aba.html\">http:\/\/www.sentex.net\/~nexus23\/naa_aba.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kupferstein, H. (2018).\u00a0Evidence of increased PTSD symptoms in autistics exposed to applied behavior analysis. Advances in Autism, (4)1, 19\u201329.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silberman, S. (2015).\u00a0NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity. New York, NY: Avery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yergeau, M. (2018).\u00a0Authoring autism: On rhetoric and neurological queerness. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vince and Vanessa fly through part 1 of excitedly describing Nick Walker\u2019s doctoral dissertation, which is entitled: Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration. As you can imagine, Vanessa is completely delighted. 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