‘The idea of neurodivergence is recognising there are distinct experiences that do not need to assimilate into neurotypical culture, and that we have our own ways of being and have always been a part of various pioneering forms of creative arts,’ says Patrick Gunasekera, a queercrip, Sinhala artist, whose practice spans the disciplines of writing, visual arts and theatre.
This lesson is one from which neurotypical collaborators can also learn.