More Realms welcome reel — transcript
Video length: 1 minute 30 seconds. The reel has no speech; this is every word shown on screen, in order, with the time each part appears. The music is Luminescent Nocturne (see the credit at the end).

[0:00] More Realms. Neuroqueeringly Affirming.
Welcome to More Realms.
Somewhere in the margins, another realm unfolds.

[0:10] Helen Edgar, she or they.
Writer, educator, community facilitator.
Late-identified Autistic and ADHD. More than twenty years teaching Early Years and Primary SEND, and a parent to two neurodivergent children.
(Photo: Helen in a sunlit woodland.)

[0:19] What this is: A place for longer-form writing and theory.
Academic-adjacent pieces on neuroqueer theory, monotropism, posthumanism and other ways of being.
And room to explore the potential of more-than neurodiversity.
My community-facing work, training and resources live on my sibling site, Autistic Realms.

[0:28] What I think about:
• Monotropism
• The neurodiversity paradigm
• Neuroqueer theory
• Ecosystemic distress
• Existential diversity and becoming
Bringing monotropism into practical, relational settings: how environments can be shaped around monotropic minds, rather than the other way round.

[0:38] Ethics and values: Relational and justice-oriented.
Thriving is not an individual achievement. It is a collective process, rooted in safety.
Grounded in the neurodiversity movement and disability justice: neurodiversity-affirming, rights-based, and against behaviourist approaches.

[0:46] My latibulum: A hiding place, a den, a cosy retreat.
A forest-themed room where most of my reading and writing happens, surrounded by books, candlelight, crystals, mushrooms and faery things.
(Photos: the den by lamplight, with candles, crystals and shelves of small treasures; hanging ornaments and dried flowers.)

[0:55] Who I work with: Most of my work happens alongside others.
Thriving Autistic · Stimpunks Foundation · NeuroHub Community · Emergent Divergence · GROVE · Monotropism.org · Spectrum Gaming · Barriers to Education · Autism Understood · PANS PANDAS UK · Muiríosa Foundation · Weird Pride Day · NINE · The PDA Space · Autscape · Writing The Dawn · Diverse Pathways Collective · University of Oslo · King's College London · University of Birmingham · York St John University · University of Manchester · NHS · University of Southampton · Birmingham Newman University · University of Wolverhampton · London Metropolitan University · Yellow Ladybugs · The Speech Den · Discover Inclusion · Neurokindred · Autism Early Support · The Nurturing Neurodivergence Programme · Autistic Burnout Network · London Autism Group · Autistic Parents UK · Twinkl · Thinking Person's Guide to Autism · Special Needs Jungle · The Sensory Projects · Story Massage · Rhyming Multisensory Stories · NeuroStory Collective · Aurora Autistic Consulting · The Unadapted Ones · Every Child Matters · Beacon NeuroConnect · Autistic Collaboration · Autistic Living the Dream · ND Hums Pathways · The Wider Existence · Cultural Autism Studies at Yale

[1:09] 2022 to 2026: And more coming.
• 250+ paid and voluntary events, conferences and training
• 220+ blog posts and articles
• 50+ organisations, charities and universities
• 3 books written or co-written, 1 more in press
• 8 book chapters and contributions, 5 more in press
• 19 ebooks and companion guides
• 6 books and articles citing my work
• 60K+ followers across social media

[1:20] In the margins: Neuro-affirming, anti-oppressive, always.
#NeuroAffirming · #AntiRacist · #LGBTQIAAffirming · #AntiOppressive

[1:26] More Realms. Neuroqueeringly Affirming.
Somewhere in the margins, another realm unfolds.
morerealms.com
and training and resources at autisticrealms.com

Music: Luminescent Nocturne (2023), composed and played by Helen Edgar's son, age 12. Published by Quench Arts in Wavelength 10th Anniversary, Year 9 (2023–24).