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Neurodivergent, By Nature
Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity
Neurodivergent, By Nature
Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity
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A BBC WILDLIFE BEST BOOK OF 2025
Exploring the connections between nature, neurodiversity and the conservation world
Why are so many neurodivergent people drawn to the natural world – and what does that tell us about how we live and work?
After receiving an ADHD diagnosis in his thirties, Joe Harkness set out to better understand his lifelong bond with nature. In doing so, he began a wider investigation, speaking to neurodivergent people across conservation, ecology and other nature-based roles.
Threading these conversations with his own experience, Joe explores the skills, perspectives and passions that neurodivergent people bring to the sector, alongside the barriers they still face. From fieldwork to policy, from grassroots projects to major organisations, their stories reveal how different ways of thinking shape our relationship with the natural world.
At once personal and wide-ranging, Neurodivergent, by Nature offers a fresh perspective on biodiversity, inclusion and what more supportive environments – in nature and beyond – might look like.
Table of Contents
No, you're macerating the moth abdomens!
– Introducing neurodiversity and nature
Chapter Two
Dia and Gignoskein
– Seeking diagnosis
Chapter Three
Intolerable tyrants in the dock of the kangaroo court
– Experiences in education
Chapter Four
Hugging a tree for a dopamine fix
– The importance of nature
Chapter Five
More than just the saviour of the orangutan
– The conservation sector
Chapter Six
Out of the box and into the holographic forest
– Strengths
Chapter Seven
Cutting the toe pads off hundreds of dead parrots
– Achievements
Chapter Eight
Are you here to make the tea or take the notes?
– Barriers to access
Chapter Nine
Why is there a lump of multi-coloured playdough on my seat?
– Reasonable adjustments
Chapter Ten
Peeking over the fence to see what next door are up to
– Nature-related NGOs
Chapter Eleven
A rose-tinted perspective on the use of the infographic
– Government agencies
Chapter Twelve
I think I'll eat my lunch in the bat chat corner today
– Smaller conservation charities
Chapter Thirteen
Just give the naughtiest ones a sprig of lavender and a circular saw
– Forest schools and care farms
Chapter Fourteen
Weaving words into golden threads
– Why biodiversity needs neurodiversity
Acknowledgements
Further reading and resources
Index
Product details
| Published | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781399413367 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Wildlife |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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