Nick Walker's Doctoral Dissertation Part 2

Vince and Vanessa dash through part 2 of their discussion of Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration by Nick Walker. This includes stories of Nick Walker's experiences with aikido, how he came to start training, how it changed his embodiment, and how his autistic traits benefitted not only him but his students.

Nick Walker’s doctoral dissertation

Walker, Nick (2019) Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration. [Doctoral Dissertaion, California Institute of Integral Studies].

https://neuroqueer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Nick_Walker_Dissertation.pdf

Nick Walker’s writings

https://neuroqueer.com/

Murmurations

Beautiful footage by Jan van IJken of starling flight:

https://youtu.be/V4f_1_r80RY?si=6fl9VCIUnFiuPIYT