Ruth Gailey (PhD Candidate)
Thesis title: An Autohistoria-Teoria Exploration of Aging, Spirituality, and Identity Labelling

School of Health in Social Science
Year of study: 2
- University of Edinburgh Scholarship Student
Contact details
- Email: R.S.Gailey-1@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Old Medical School, Teviot Place
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
PhD Unseen Worlds: using resonance to Explore Female (Neuro)Diverse Experience.
- Documentary Producer/Director.
- Currently developing immersive theatre installation.
- Neuroscientist and Science Communicator.
- People based development consultant.
Qualifications
MSc Science Culture and Communication
BSc Hons Neuroscience
Research summary
Research is finding female experience has been excluded from autism and ADHD diagnostic tools and that menopause is leading many undiagnosed women to seek help as they struggle to mask their neurodivergent selves. My PhD is responding to the gap in research knowledge of female (neuro)diverse lived experience during menopause by merging personal narrative with theory on neurodiversity, spirituality and myth.
Conference details
ICQI - Illinois 2024
Participant
Present Paper titled:
Lineage of Felt: using Felt Sense to Explore Female (Neuro)diverse Experience