Nov 23-26
Lumb Bank
Short Course: Neurodivergent Writing
Different minds, different stories
Kate Fox
Helen Kara
Helen Kara
Helen Kara learned to read at the age of three and has always loved interacting and creating with words. She is a leading independent researcher, author, teacher and speaker specialising in research methods, particularly creative methods, and research ethics. With over 23 years’ experience as an independent researcher she now teaches doctoral students and staff at higher education institutions worldwide. She is also a prolific academic author with over 25 titles; including Writing Creatively for Work or Study: Easy Techniques to Engage Your Readers (Manchester University Press, 2025). She also writes fiction, comics and occasionally poems and is particularly interested in the ways in which creative writing techniques can improve non-fiction writing. She was diagnosed autistic in 2021 at the age of 56.