🏳️‍⚧️ Before you peruse the following list of resources, we want to affirm our solidarity with the trans community and assert the trans-inclusive politics of our team. Transphobia is rife within the academy, particularly in the UK, and it is our responsibility as critical scholars to identify and reject attacks against the trans community. Ableism and transphobia are interlinked oppressions that must be challenged and dismantled, especially as the academic known for popularising the term ‘neurodiversity’ has openly expressed transphobic views. Recent research has posited that the concept of neurodiversity was developed collectively (see Botha et al., 2024). Instead, we invite you to read trans and non-binary disabled scholars and activists cited below, including works by Walker, Chapman, Botha, Tan, Devon Price, Prahlad, Yergeau, Sins Invalid, and Smilges. We encourage you to critically examine these intersections as we continue to grow and work towards transformative justice for all.

📚 We acknowledge that, despite our conscious efforts to invite and learn from as wide a range of perspectives as possible, the diverse composition of our team, advisory board, and workshop and interview participants, there are still gaps in our knowledge. This sits against the broader context in the academic fields of neurodiversity studies and disability studies, where racialised, queer, and trans voices have historically been unheard, marginalised, or ignored.

We have cited scholars, creatives, and activists of colour, many of whom work specifically on queer-of-colour and crip-of-colour theories in our references, and we encourage you to consult their scholarship in your learning. These scholars include Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Sami Schalk, Anand Prahlad, Kala Allen Omeiza, Shayda Kafai, the members of Sins Invalid, and Kai Syng Tan.