Sylvia Hollis Ward

Sylvia Hollis Ward is a creative-critical writer and researcher whose work explores neurodivergent embodiment through hybrid autotheory, cultural criticism, and research-creation.


Featured Works

Neuro-Cartographies: The Craft of Mapping Autistic Auto-Theory Outside the Margins

Conference Paper, Global Souths Conference, 2026
An exploration of mapping as literary method and survival practice within autistic autotheory and neuroqueer frameworks.

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The Real Horror of Black Mirror’s “Common People” Is Disability Under Capitalism

Invisible Illness, 2025
A cultural critique examining how speculative media reflects structural ableism under late capitalism.

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The Future is Non-Binary

Essay in Erewhon (Limited Edition Monograph), 2026
A critical examination of gender ambiguity, speculative futurity, and the collapse of binary systems in contemporary painting.

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The Chair Hates Me

Hybrid Poem, Substack, 2025
An embodied meditation on disability, architecture, and the antagonism between body and built environment.

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