Shakespeare and Neurodiversity

The Element promotes the creation of a Shakespeare classroom that encourages neurodivergent learning, offering resources and exercises.

Laura Seymour (Author)

9781009295949, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 February 2025

98 pages
17.7 x 12.6 x 0.6 cm, 0.11 kg

Shakespeare and Neurodiversity argues that the Shakespeare classroom should be a place where neurodivergent learners flourish. This Element addresses four key areas: questions of reasonable adjustments, the pace of learning, the issue of diagnosis, and Shakespearean neurodivergent futures in education. Throughout, the Element provides activities and theoretical explanations to enable students and educators to understand how these four areas of Shakespeare education have often been underpinned by ableism, but can now become sources of neurodivergent flourishing.

Introduction
1. There is neurodiversity in every classroom
2. No single way to read Shakespeare
3. Shakespeare's neurodiverse characters: beyond diagnosis
Conclusion – 'What's past is prologue': Neurodiverse futures
Resource toolkit.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]