Neurodiversity Libraries, activism & community-building: Interview with Lei Wiley Mydske

Noncompliant - the podcast

Lei Wiley Mydske

In this episode I speak with the amazing
Lei Wiley Mydske, founder of the neurodiversity library movement and creator of the Neurodivergent Narwals. We talk about neurodiversity libraries (including how to start one!), community-building, disability justice, activism, hope and more.

Listen to the podcast at the link below. Also available on Spotify, Stitcher or iTunes.

Read the transcript below the audio link.

https://noncompliantpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Anne-Borden-Podcast.mp3

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Transcript, by Julie Ann Lee: Transcript_Lei_Wiley_Mydske_Noncompliant

Bio
Lei is a writer and artist, creator of the Neurodivergent Narwhals, co-director of neurodiversitylibrary.org, and founder of the neurodiversity library movement. They are the Community Outreach Coordinator at the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and a contributor to the group’s anthology “Sincerely, Your Autistic Child”. Lei has presented at a range of conferences and gatherings on autistic advocacy and neurodiversity libraries in the community. Lei is the co-owner of Stanwood Tattoo Company in Stanwood Washington, which also hosts a neurodiversity library.

Technical note
There were a couple tech glitches in this episode, apologies!

Podcast update
Noncompliant is mostly on hiatus until 2023.