The Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC) is delighted to be holding a double book launch on Wednesday 6 May 2026, 3pm – 5pm, co-sponsored by the Disabled Staff Network.
• It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School – edited by Rachael Davis, Claire O’Neill, and Sue Fletcher-Watson, and published by Routledge.
• Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction – written by IASH alumnus Robert Chapman and Sue Fletcher-Watson, and published by Oxford University Press.
You can read more about the books below. The book launch is free to attend and open to all. At the launch there will be the opportunity to learn about how these books built on previous work of the SMRC and its partner charity Mindroom, to listen to extracts from the books read by authors and editors, as well as a panel discussion and a chance to meet the authors and editors. Refreshments will be served.
Venue: This is an in-person event, held at Room 1.55 Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. Details for finding the venue and local accessibility are available at this link: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/edinburgh-futures-institute-efi
Photography: Photos will be taken at this event (e.g. for publishing on social media after the event). If you do not wish to be photographed, please let organisers know when you arrive at the venue.
About the books:
Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction
This Very Short Introduction looks at how neurodiversity has been understood in a variety of settings including education, research, workplace, health and social care, and criminal justice. IASH alumnus Robert Chapman and Sue Fletcher-Watson also draw out interesting connections to models of disability, human rights, anti-capitalism, and intersectionality. Alongside this, they discuss how issues of gender, sexuality, neuroqueering, and decoloniality bear on neurodiversity.
Find out more here: https://edin.ac/49orzMa
It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School
It Takes All Kinds of Minds provides an inspiring and accessible introduction to neurodiversity in educational settings, informed by research and real-world experience. Drawing upon core principles that underpin the neurodiversity paradigm, the book offers a carefully curated collection of chapters exploring many different kinds of minds and how they can best learn and flourish at school.
Find out more here: https://edin.ac/49lOSpP