In this episode of Autistic Storytime, David explores his own thoughts on World Autism Day and the month of April. For access to the full episode, please consider purchasing a paid subscription. You can get the first year for £12.50 (75% discount) until April 30th, 2025. If you would like to check out the live webinar David is giving on April 17th with T… Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to David Gray-Hammond to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Autistic Storytime With David: Episode 4
Doctoral Workshop in Birmingham AL
Doctoral Workshop in Birmingham ALYoung Scholars Initiative (YSI), in collaboration with the Economic and Business History Society (EBHS)
The Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), in collaboration with the Economic and Business History Society (EBHS), will hold a doctoral workshop for around 6 doctoral students on Wednesday, May 28, in Birmingham, AL, USA. The aim of this one-day workshop is to support the career and research development as well as networking of new scholars in the fields of economic and business history, broadly conceived. The workshop will include paper development presentations by doctoral students, followed by feedback and discussion with the leadership of the EBHS, as well as mentorship panels on academic publishing, the academic job-market, and career development in economic and business history. If selected for participation, doctoral students will receive:
The workshop is open to applications from doctoral students across the world undertaking a PhD in the fields of economic and business history, broadly conceived. This includes research in management, financial, labor, legal, and social history, including the history of capitalism and economic thought. The EBHS is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we especially encourage applications from doctoral students from underrepresented groups. Applications should be received no later than Friday, April 11, 2025. Applications will be considered by the YSI organizers and leadership of the EBHS. If you have already submitted an abstract for the EBHS Conference in Birmingham you may still apply for this doctoral workshop and are encouraged to do so. Please note that if you attended the YSI-EBHS doctoral workshops in York in June 2024, Porto in May 2023, or Salt Lake City in May 2022, you are eligible to apply for the 2025 workshop. Timeline: Deadline for submissions: Friday, April 11, 2025 Notification of outcome of applications: Friday, April 18, 2025 Deadline for submission of draft working paper: Monday, May 12, 2025 Date of Workshop: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Application: To apply, please fill out our application form here and submit the following as a single PDF:
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Tuesday, 1 April 2025
I'm Schizophrenic, that doesn't make me dangerous: A Fresh Look
I'm Schizophrenic, that doesn't make me dangerous: A Fresh LookThe misuse of the word "psychotic"
My entire life I have heard the word “psychotic” used as a synonym for dangerous. When a person displays any kind of emotional instability, or violent behaviour, they are a psycho, or were acting psychotic. It had become a fundamental rule of my native culture that to be Schizophrenic was equal to being a psychopath, and to be a psychopath was to be a killer. In one broad stroke, countless neurodivergent people had, in my mind, been painted as inhuman. They were monsters, and at the age of 18, I would learn I was one of them. The contradictory nature of my own understanding of Self coupled with my indoctrinated view on psychosis would mean that rather than seek help, I would seek solace at the bottom of a bottle, or in pills and powders. ![]() Continue reading this post for free in the Substack app© 2025 David Gray-Hammond |
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