Nick Walker's Doctoral Dissertation Part 2
Autistic Small Talk by Vanessa Yaremchuk and Vince Freeborn
E11
Apr 17, 2026
57:59
Episode notes
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
Murmurations
Beautiful footage by Jan van IJken of starling flight:
Keywords
Nick Walker
stimming
somatic practices
Aikido
psychospiritual potential