Joanna Grace PhD

@jo3grace.bsky.social

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Seeking to contribute to a world where people are understood in spite of difference, Doctoral researcher, The Sensory Projects, TEDx, Trainer, Author. Autistic.

Image shows a seagull high on the wing above an ocean, in the distance on the horizon land is in sight. Text across the image reads: A person's ability to communicate does not depend on their mastery of certain skills, but on our ability to listen. A heart shape has been cut out from the bottom right hand corner, in it text reads: I tried, but perhaps I am too old to learn new tricks. I hope to connect with you on the platforms I can manage! www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk/contact All the best Jo
A photo of me (white middle aged woman) and Flo (elderly white woman) bending over a laptop. text reads: Last night I dreamed Flo and I were working together at the Super Sensory Lexiconary. I was trying to get the final slide deck up and it wouldn't open. Flo had to leave the workshop she was running to help me. But neither of us could get it to work. So we couldn't get to the end. Sometimes my subconscious is a puzzle to me, but I don't think it is hiding much here!
text on image reads: That I am autistic was not a limitation to my research, even though my own internalised bias led me to fear that it was, instead it was constitutive of my analytic process. Coming to recognise this enabled me to find a mode of analysis that was embodied, effective, and epistemic, a method that listened to my body as well as to the field. Emergent findings from an analysis of the data from my PhD exploring Autistic Experience in Research. There is a cartoon image of me drawn by Discover Inclusion infront of the logo for The Sensory Projects - a blue star, I am a white woman with long plaited brown hair, I am wearing a teal pashmina in the drawing
White middle aged woman with brown eyes, hair and dress, chopping onion on a wooden board
A rainbow keyboard laptop with a clipboard of notes next to it on a train table. On top of the notes are three train tickets and a purple postcard saying 'sock-fluencer' on it
Purple stripey socks pointing at the cover of BJLD upon which a clay sculpture shows a woman cradling a child
I am standing on a train platform at dawn, the clouds are dramatically lit, grey sweep cracks of brightness, patch of blue sky. I am wearing kneehigh fur lined boots, pink tights and a pink jumper dress. I have a red faux fur cape on, my long brown hair is tied back in a plait and I have a headband of twigs and flowers. I am looking down the railway line for my train
Photo reads: Have you noticed more typos in my posts than there used to be? In bold letters: MORE SPELING MISRAKES? With a photo of me: I am a white middle aged woman with brown hair and eyes, in the photo my hair is quite messy, I'm wearing large cherry earrings a white fluffy cardigan, and a pink dress with a white fluffy trim. I am smiling but I look slightly worried.
A selfie taken at arms length showing Hayley sat in the seat behind mine. Hayley and I are both white middle aged women, I have long brown hair worn in two plaits, Hayley has shoulder length styled brown hair. Hayely is wearing leopard print trousers and a beige jumper, I am wearing a red woolen faux fur coat
scenic photos of the sea front at southend on sea and the thames with London Bridge and the Shard, scrawled with 'Here I come' in white writing