New on The Wider Existence: an autistic and ADHD reading of the ‘Body without Organs’

NeuroHub’s own blog, The Wider Existence, has published a new essay called “Whose Body Is It? The Body without Organs and Symphrenia”. It’s by Helen Edgar and David Gray-Hammond, and it went up on Monday 9 November 2026. It’s billed as Part 1, and its subtitle names its themes: the body without organs, the plane of consistency, and “thinking-feeling with others”.

This is our own content, so we want to be clear: this isn’t independent news. It’s a pointer to new writing on NeuroHub’s blog.

Where the essay begins

The piece opens with a book, A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze and Guattari. One of its sections, which the authors call “plateaus”, is titled “How Do You Make Yourself a Body without Organs?” The essay cites this from the 1987 edition, page 149.

The essay is written in the first person. One of the writers says they have read that title many times. Only recently did they notice how much weight the word “yourself” carries. In their words:

“It points to a single body and a single self doing the making.”

That close reading of a single word seems to be the starting point for the question in the headline: whose body is it?

A neurodivergent reading

The writer describes themselves as an Autistic and ADHD person. The free preview stops just after those words. It looks as though they’re about to read this philosophy through that experience, but the preview doesn’t show how.

The title also introduces a second idea, “symphrenia”. The public preview doesn’t explain the term or say how the essay uses it, so we won’t guess. For that, and for where the argument goes, you’ll need to read the full piece.

Why we’re sharing it

Philosophy can feel distant from everyday life. This essay takes the title of one section of a well-known book of philosophy and asks what it takes for granted, from the position of someone who is Autistic and ADHD. If you’re interested in identity, embodiment, or how neurodivergent people read and rework theory, it may be worth your time.

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