Neurodivergent, By Nature
Why Biodiversity Needs Neurodiversity – SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING
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Neurodivergent, By Nature
Narrated by:
Joe Harkness
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Summary
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING
A BBC WILDLIFE BEST BOOK OF 2025
Exploring the connections between nature and neurodiversity
Time in nature supports our wellbeing. If we are neurodivergent, it can stimulate our senses, feed our curiosity and help us find others with the same deep interests. But why do natural environments have such profound effects?
After receiving an ADHD diagnosis in his thirties, Joe Harkness began to question whether his bond with nature was intrinsic to his neurodivergence or something developed through his life choices. Keen to know more, he connected with other neurodivergent people who share his passion for the natural world. Threading their stories with his own, Joe explores why they chose to seek diagnosis, the ways they find solace and understanding through nature, and what led many of them into nature-related careers.
Drawing on his personal and professional experiences, Joe highlights the creativity, skills and passion that can benefit communities, schools and workplaces when neurodiversity is welcomed and supported in all its forms.©2025 Joe Harkness (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Critic Reviews
Complex and revelatory
Fascinating and necessary. A timely and interesting study of the value and meaning of “nature” to neurodivergent personalities. (Richard Smyth)
A clarion call to embrace neurodiversity in the fight against the extinction crisis.
A persuasive and passionate book that explains the vitally important connections to be made with nature that can radically improve neurodivergent lives (and everyone else's too).
A fascinating insight into how nature works for neurodivergent folk, and how neurodivergent folk work for nature. What a wonderful symbiosis.
A fascinating and necessary book. Joe Harkness captures the deep connection between neurodivergent people and the natural world.
Truly enlightening – I learned such a lot.
A humane and timely perspective into our relationship with the natural world. Joe Harkness writes with a rare authority and insight. The scales should fall from all our eyes.
A thoughtful, well-researched and very powerful call for diversity and inclusivity, for the benefit of both people and nature.
As valuable as it is timely ... this open and honest presentation of real human stories makes for an informative read that anybody can enjoy.
Harkness writes movingly about how the rhythm of the seasons, and the predictability of the natural environment, act as a balm for those who are neurodivergent.
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