Ruth Gailey

Project: Between Worlds 

This project explores profound connections between carers and non-speaking autistic people. Drawing on the Celtic concept of a "thin place"— where the boundary between the material and the spiritual blurs— in this liminal space, people feel more present, intuitive, and connected to other ways of knowing. Through interviews with parents and carers, I’ll create a shared narrative, woven into an immersive audio experience designed to evoke a calming, altered state that invites listeners into deeper ways of knowing.

I’m excited to share experiences that are seldom acknowledged—like moments of telepathy or seeing through another’s eyes—which first emerged for me over 25 years ago while working with autistic children during my neuroscience studies. At the time, there were no frameworks to hold these experiences. Now, these stories are helping research open to new ways of understanding reality.