Psychedelics & Autism: Neurodivergence is not a Disorder (2.0)

We’ve never done this before, but our last session on neurodiversity left so many mysteries untamed - the most intuitive thing to do is...

Revisiting last week's landscape with both a microscope and a telescope. Philosopher of language Dr. Reanne Crane and psychedelic media expert Rosalind Stone will explore:

- Categories of variance: ADHD vs. ASD?

- Psychedelic 'ego dissolution' and autism's imitation game.

- Metaphors - what does "spectrum" really mean?

- Nature vs. nurture: autistic parents.

- Amphetamines as an answer to sleep disorders?

- World building: more on the relationship between clairvoyance, autism & psychosis.

About the hosts

Dr. Reanne Crane is an ND philosopher of semantics. Her PhD (from the University of Kent, UK) was a multidisciplinary thesis: “Aldous Huxley’s Island Revisited: Psychedelics and the Semantics of Perception and Belief”. She has over twelve years of experience in linguistic studies and teaching, and has been researching and lecturing on psychedelics and language both nationally and internationally since 2014.

Rosalind Stone (ND) turned to drugs from an English Literature background (BA at Oxford University, MA at King´s College, London). With 8+ years´ experience specialising in outreach for drug policy and science organisations, she is press officer for Breaking Convention. Recent projects have involved co-authoring reports and crafting campaigns for the CDPRG, a thinktank dedicated to evidence-based drug policy reform.

There will be a 30 minute presentation, followed by 45-60 minutes of forum discussion.

Head to www.semantrix.co.uk for recordings of past sessions.