Between Research and Resistance: Insights From a Trans Neurodivergent PhD Student

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Munday, K. (2026). Between Research and Resistance: Insights From a Trans Neurodivergent PhD Student. In Navigating Academia as a Neurodivergent Academic (pp. 13-24). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83662-556-820261002

Publication date: 25 Aug 2026 Added to AutiHub: 26 Aug 2026 Type: Book chapter Article language: English
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  1. Katie Munday *

Abstract

Abstract This chapter explores the lived experience of undertaking a PhD as a trans, neurodivergent researcher in the United Kingdom. Using personal narrative and autoethnographic reflection, it considers how academic systems shaped by hierarchy, productivity and normative assumptions create barriers to belonging for marginalised students. The chapter situates the doctoral study within the broader context of the COVID-19 pandemic, family life and community activism, highlighting how research is never separate from lived realities. It reflects on the process of building supervisory relationships, navigating epistemic injustice and finding solidarity within queer, disabled and neurodivergent communities. Central to this account is the tension of being both researcher and community member and the exhaustion and joy that come with occupying this dual role.

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4 / 11 (36.4%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
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Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 6 / 9 (66.7%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 4 / 12 (33.3%).
  3. Katie Munday * (2024). Living under a double rainbow: Exploring autistic genders, sexualities, and relationality . In Living under a double rainbow: Exploring autistic genders, sexualities, and relationality (pp. 46). Routledge.
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  5. Munday (2024). Neurodiversity studies: Research ethics and methods . Neurodiversity studies: Research ethics and methods, 309.
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  6. Tom Hutchinson , Care (2025). Whatever it takes . NIHR Open Research, 5(72), 72. National Institute for Health and Care Research.
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  7. Munday (2025). Double empathy reader . Double empathy reader, 433.
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  8. Munday (n.d.). Radical joy: Rethinking research in health and social care . Polyphony.
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  9. Munday (2025). Improving substance use services for autistic adults: Insights and recommendations from autistic adults . Autism in Adulthood, 00(00), 1.
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