… About Neurodiversity & (Con)Language(s)
This page serves as a (currently quite empty) repository of my own articles and pieces, in particular on conlangs and neurodiversity.
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This graphic explainer gives a brief overview of how conlanging can serve as a neurodivergent research methodology. It is available for viewing or download as a PDF file that is based on a poster presentation given at Language Creation Conference 12 in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 11 July 2026:
This is the (largely unedited) text of a so-called Student-Directed Assignment (SDA) that formed part of the module ‘Neurodiversity and the Humanities’ during my MA in Medical Humanities at Durham University. It comprises a fictional guide to the conlang Laut and a brief theoretical commentary that explains how specific features as well as the process of developing this conlang sketch relate to critical neurodiversity studies.
The following link takes you to the article as published in Fiat Lingua in March 2026:
While this is of course not ‘writing’, but ‘speaking’, it’s still about conlanging and neurodiversity – and because Conlangery host George Corley did a stellar job captioning my German-accented English, you can technically also read it…
The following link takes you to the podcast Conlangery – which you will also find on YouTube and Patreon – more specifically, episode 173, released in March 2026, featuring yours truly:
An article I wrote way back in 2021 after having given a lightning talk about the topic for the first time. I might have changed my mind on some points since.
The following link takes you to the article as posted on Medium in January 2021:
https://medium.com/the-shadow/constructed-languages-and-autism-f1444922da6e