I interview Pip, a vet and music writer from Manchester, about dyspraxia and the US indie-pop band Sylvan Esso — Welcome to another edition of Plastic People, where I talk to neurodivergent people about the music and culture that they love. This time, I’m talking to Pip (they/them), a vet and music writer from Manchester with dyspraxia and ADHD. A few months ago, we got together virtually to discuss dancing…

A hyperfixation, or special interest is a highly intense interest in a subject, usually associated with autism and ADHD specifically. It can be anything: a fictional universe, a celebrity, a genre of music, a historical period. …

Sage is a creative from London with ADHD, a non-binary lesbian, and a die-hard Rina Sawayama fan. Over the course of an hour and a half, we talked in detail about race, nostalgia, memory, loss and how all of these themes intersect in Rina’s acclaimed 2020 album SAWAYAMA. They speak…

I speak to Anna Ward, a disability activist and languages student, about music, memory and being autistic. — Plastic People is a series of interviews and articles about the intersection of neurodiversity and culture. In this edition, I speak to Anna Ward (they/them), an autistic student and disability activist, originally from York and now studying languages in Cambridge. …

I speak to five #ActuallyAutistic people about routine, special interests and socialising in the virtual world during Covid-19 — Plastic People is an ongoing series of articles and interviews which examines culture — films, TV, music and so on — from the perspective of neurodivergent people. Conditions categorised under the neurodiversity umbrella include but are not limited to: ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia and bipolar disorder. I made this as…

In the first Plastic People interview, I speak to guitarist Daniel Donaghy about the challenges and joys of being an autistic musician — Plastic People is a new blog and interview series exploring music from the perspective of neurodivergent people with conditions like autism, ADHD and dyslexia. In this first instalment, I spoke to Daniel Donaghy, a student and guitarist from Belfast who has autism and ADHD, about his favourite music and the…

cn: this article contains discussion of ableism and ableist language — Earlier this week, the members of the University of Manchester Student Union voted to introduce a new accessibility measure for disabled students. At all of its democratic events — but not at concerts, etc. — it would encourage people to use the British Sign Language for applause (shaking both hands)…