{"id":69,"date":"2026-04-18T01:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-04-18T01:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:51:52","slug":"episode-12-nick-walkers-doctoral-dissertation-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Episode  12 &#8211; Nick Walker&#8217;s Doctoral Dissertation Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vince and Vanessa efficiently finish their discussion of Nick Walker\u2019s dissertation (Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration). They talk about ParaTheatrical ReSearch, Autistic aptitudes, reconnecting with stimming, and autistic wellbeing.<\/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\/2744830?theme=dark&#038;v=2\" title=\"Nick Walker's Doctoral Dissertation Part 3\" 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\/2744830\">Nick Walker&#8217;s Doctoral Dissertation Part 3<\/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>Weird Luck<\/strong><br><br>(Nick Walker\u2019s comic with co-creators Andrew M. Reichart, and Mike Bennewitz)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/weirdluck.net\/\">https:\/\/weirdluck.net\/<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connected with Jen and Shannon<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MgXQG9lP-Bc?si=cgTCn2a1dn8RUPnu\">What the Heck is Embodiment Anyway with Nick Walker<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ParaTheatrical ReSearch<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paratheatrical.com\/info.html\">Archive<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Expressive Movement\/Dance Therapies<\/strong><br><br>(Transformative somatic practices for reconnecting to stimming)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/continuummovement.com\">Continuum<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.authenticmovementinstitute.com\/authenticmovement\">Authentic Movement<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Songs of the Gorilla Nation<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebookstores.ca\/book\/9781400050581\/\">Songs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-Hughes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vince and Vanessa efficiently finish their discussion of Nick Walker\u2019s dissertation (Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration). They talk about ParaTheatrical ReSearch, Autistic aptitudes, reconnecting with stimming, and autistic wellbeing. Nick Walker&#8217;s Doctoral Dissertation Part 3 Show Notes Nick Walker\u2019s doctoral dissertation Walker, Nick (2019) Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}