by Diane Hennacy with Jacob Glazier and Anastasia Wasko
Mindfield Bulletin 17.2 features an in-depth interview with Dr. Diane Hennacy, an internationally recognized expert on autism and savant syndrome. In this wide-ranging conversation with editor Jacob Glazier and associate editor Anastasia Wasko, Dr. Hennacy reflects on her journey from neuroscience training at Ohio State University and psychiatric residency at Johns Hopkins, to her time at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, and her faculty position at Harvard Medical School. She also discusses her role in advancing dialogue at the intersections of psychiatry, parapsychology, and lived experience.
Together, they explore the evolving landscape of neurodivergence and communication, highlighting both the challenges and the unique potentials that neurodiverse perspectives bring to science, medicine, and society. This interview offers rare insight into Dr. Hennacy’s pioneering contributions and her vision for more inclusive understandings of mind and human connection.
In this issue of Mindfield, the contributors examine the theme of “Dark Tourism and Legend Tripping.” In his first column as PA President, Gerhard Mayer suggests that despite declining institutional support, parapsychology remains a vital and evolving field grounded in tradition, renewed by qualitative research, global perspectives, and emerging consciousness studies. Leo Ruickbie details how academic …
