Ryan Walter Wagner photo. Part of his ongoing Adult ADHD series

Using storytelling as a vessel, I write to challenge ableist and classist systems and stereotypes.

As a  writer, I believe art and creativity belong to the working class and I have used media outlets as a distribution network for broader dissemination of documenting the artistic communities I’ve been part of, illuminating the gaps left by dominant narratives.

That’s grant writing speak for:

I am a worker writer, and my job is clarity.

As a deaf creative with limited access to the hearing world, I find a portal to the mysteries of my mind in the quiet of the page. My writing style is experiential and vivid, probing complex sensory realms. As a writer with non-apparent disabilities, I navigate a world not designed for neurodivergence and cultivate grit, grace, and humility in my work.

Publication credits include CBC, This Magazine, the Tyee and others. I am currently an MFA student at University of King’s College in Halifax, class of 2027. I am a grateful recipient of a BC Arts Council scholarship as I embark on research for my creative non-fiction book, tentatively titled, Life Undiagnosed.