An Autistic and ADHD Journey: Re-writing a New Identity Post-Discovery
Book review of An Autistic-ADHD Journey: Building a True Identity Post-Discovery by Rachel Vivienne Winder, reviewed by Dr. Nicholas Chown.
Between Survival and Empowerment: Refugee Women’s Entrepreneurship in Jordan and Lebanon
LPP authors Haya Al-Dajani, Maysa Baroud, and Deema Refai document the stories of Arab refugee women entrepreneurs who turn displacement into empowerment, and reveal the perils and pitfalls of refugee entrepreneurship.
Trading Bars: Prisons as De Facto Mental Institutions
Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) have been barred from “polite” society throughout history. Many will eventually find their way to prison, behind a different set of bars, where there is little incentive to treat. Have we simply traded one form of confinement for another, even more cruel one?
An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior: Ani Zonneveld Interviewed on the Thom Hartmann Program
Lived Places Publishing author Ani Zonneveld was interviewed on the Thom Hartmann Program, talking about the intersection of faith and feminism. This episode first aired live on November 7, 2025.
Release Is Not the End: A Letter from Mandela 2.0
Release from prison is not the end of the story; it is the beginning of another struggle. A first-hand account of post-carceral life.
Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Practices: Asserting Themselves For 500 Years…and Counting
In spite of the burdens and losses because of settler male supremacy, Indigenous women are reclaiming their rights through movements for reproductive justice, advocating for a return to their ancestral practices, and redefining concepts of womanhood and motherhood on their own tribal terms.
My Time in Solitary Confinement: The Truth About Kutuma at Brandvlei Old Maximum in South Africa
A personal account of being in solitary confinement in a Correctional Centre in South Africa – 42 days in an infamous section of the prison where several people in prison have died since 2023.
Dislocation and Distress through Dress
Nica Cornell describes her experience with Complex Post Traumatic Stress and how the accoutrements of dress can be comforting for mental illness and other disabilities.
Autism Was Never an Accident
Autism was never an accident of Tylenol or vaccines or industrial life. It is not a side effect to be managed, nor a pathology to be cured. Autism has been preserved through millennia of natural selection as our ongoing contribution to humanity’s survival.
Book Review for Elly Katz’s From Scientist to Stroke Survivor: Life Redacted by Arvilla Fee
This book “is one of the greatest testaments to human tenacity, courage, and strength that the publishing world has ever seen.” –Arvilla Fee