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In august 2024 Kevin Toolis, a journalist with zero stated background in the field of Neurodiversity let alone Neurodivergence/Autism, wrote a piece in the Spectator magazine that horrified all of us Neurodivergent performers who were on the Edinburgh Fringe that year. According to him, all of our self confession and soul - baring, a dangerous thing in the Neurotypical world, was nothing but cheap attention seeking.


At the time I just ignored it. Typical revisionism. An article full of clearly biased and aggressive language, representing an old and recognisable agenda for a 20 year veteran of autistic self advocacy like me. Here we go again. The usual. Toolis refused to debate his piece, and left Twitter/X at that time. I am contacting him to a response when I post this podcast.


You can read the piece online. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-neurodiversity-took-over-the-edinburgh-fringe/


Here, I interview


Suzy Payton

Jax Braithwaite. (Baby Belle)

Mark Nicholas

Narin Oz

Variety D

Antonio Fadda Batzella

SJ Whyatt

Nicky Vere Compton

Angus Baskerville

Drew Gadron

Stephen Catling

Nanny Aut



Thank you very much to you all. You are my Neurokin.


Paul.


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