Sarinah O'Donoghue

Sarinah O'Donoghue received her PhD from Aberdeen University in January 2024. During this time, she co-founded two networks (the Narratives of Neurodiversity Network and the Neurodivergent Humanities Network) that provide a platform for neurodivergent scholars, students, and community members to connect and share their experiences. She also wrote several articles, both single authored and co-authored, focused on neurodiversity and narrative. She is currently writing a book based on her PhD thesis and has a chapter in the upcoming edited collection, 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies', published by Bloomsbury. As well as being an independent researcher, she currently works at a national charity, which helps disabled and neurodivergent people into employment.

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Book review: Anna Stenning’s ‘Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering’

Book review: Anna Stenning’s ‘Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering’


Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering by Anna Stenning (Routledge: 2024) Over the past few decades, narrative has become an increasingly popular medium for autistic people to share their experiences, but there remains an underdeveloped framework for interpreting such accounts. Dr Anna Stenning’s groundbreaking monograph addresses this theoretical gap, surveying a range of life […]