Introduction Part One: The Programs - Interventions and Revolutions 1. Perfection of the (Care) Work: MFA vs. Disability-Centric Workshop Experience, Shane Neilson, poet, physician, and critic, University of Ottawa, Canada 2. Harm by Omission: (Auto)Ableism, Neurodivergence, and Trauma in Creative Writing PhD Programs, Christie Collins, Mississippi State, USA 3. Bipolar Disorder and Creativity: The Importance of Accommodation Plans, Celeste Maria Schueler, poet and education, USA 4. The Impact of Racism, Ableism, and Islamophobia on an Undiagnosed Autistic & ADHD Black Immigrant in a Graduate Writing Program, Said Shaiye, Twin Cities, USA 5. The Mad Writer: On Myth & Reality, Audrey Heffers, Illinois State University, USA 6. Achievement our Authenticity: Challenges Facing Neurodivergent Creative Writers in a Neurotypical Education System, Beth Rees, independent author, UK Section Two: The Classrooms - Pedagogy, Transformations, and Evolutions 7.

The Power of Words: Vulnerability and Neurodiversity in the Creative Writing Classroom, by Rachel Carney, Cardiff University, UK 8. The Impact of Standard Grading Systems and Late Penalties on the Creative Process, by Jennifer Schneider 9. Poem Brut: What the Workshop can Learn from the Outside World, by Julia Rose Lewis 10. Balancing Self-Expression and Tradition in the Pedagogy of ASL Literature, Gina Yang, independent scholar, South Korea 11. Aphasia as Form of (Dis)content, Aidan Coleman, Southern Cross University, Australia 12. Serving the Neurodiverse Writer: The Ultimate FAQ for Teaching All Brains Better, Leigh Camacho Rourks, Beacon College, USA Section Three: The Community - Embodied Craft, Visability, and Belonging 13. There is a Charge for the Eyeing of My Scars: Writing the Neurodivergent, Disabled Body for a Dominant Audience, by Grace Quantock, author and psychotherapeutic counsellor, UK 14. Why Write? Reframing Personal Creative Writing Practice in the Light of Changing Diagnoses, by Oz Hardwick, Leeds Trinity University, UK 15.

Spinning Words: An Experience of Poetry Creation by Autistic People, by Gustavo Henrique Rückert, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil 16. A Wholly Different Course: How Arbitrary Timelines Exclude Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Writers, by Miranda Lynn Barnes, Loughborough University, UK 17. NaWays Publishing Entities can be Kinder to Neurodivergent Writers, Nathan Spoon, independent poet, USA Section Four: The People - Injustice, Otherness, and Views from the Outside 18. Excerpt from Planet of the Blind , by Stephen Kuusisto, Syracuse University, USA 19. The Gallery Effect: How Disabled Bodies are Consumed by Outsiders, What that Means, and How it Makes it even More Difficult to Untable Our Stories, by Tyler Darnell, independent writer, USA 20. You Spelled Your Name Wrong: A Dyslexic's Journey Through the Writing World, by Saul Lemerond, University of Louisiana, USA 21. Excerpt from Story of a Poem , by Matthew Zapruder, Saint Mary's College, USA 22. Who Wrote This?: Revisiting My Disability, Myself, and My Work, by Leigh Camacho Rourks Bibliography Index.