Exploring Neurodiversity as a Childless/ Childfree person

Welcoming you to the weekend is Storyhouse Childless host, Dr Dawn Llewellyn,  Associate Professor of Religion and Gender, University of Chester. Dawn researches childlessness and has been part of Storyhouse Childless since its launch in 2019. She’s the festival’s  MC, making  sure the audience are in the right place at the right time, and providing a wonderful warm welcome to each and everyone of us.  

The festival introduction will flow straight into the first panel discussion: ‘Neurodiversity: Childless and Childfree Perspectives’. 

 Through the connections made during the festival,  Storyhouse Childless audiences have often shared their experiences of neurodiversity.  However, as content creators and advocates Juli Angelis, Shayonee, and Ali Hall have commented, there’s very little written about the relationship between childless, childfree, and neurodivergence – despite the growing awareness and increase in diagnosis. In fact, try searching “neurodiverse / childless /childfree” and you’ll come up with articles for parents dealing with their neurodiverse kids!  

So, we decided it was about time we had this discussion on stage at Storyhouse. This event will feature men and women, sharing their childless and childfree neurodiversity lives, in a world designed for neurotypical parents.