antje nestel (they/them) is an artist, a teacher, a neurodivergent bodymind, a companion to their cat, and a facilitator of participatory events, which they sometimes refer to as art or learning as the accommodation of difference. They obtained a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Gerrit Rietveld Academy and a research master’s degree in Media, Art and Performance at Urecht University. antje was also a participant at De ateliers in Amsterdam. Together with Aion Arribas, they have created a platform that invents with neurodiversity. This platform, currently named shy*play, focuses on exploring with neurodiversity not as a process of explanation, but as a relational practice in difference. Through shy*play, antje is interested in resisting the pathology paradigm that characterizes neurodiverse bodyminds as disordered. They are rethinkingdoing with neurodiversity to create different neurodiverse ways of living in mutual inclusion. shy*play is also a project hosted by the Research Lectorate of the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam (DAS Research) and a THIRD fellow 2024-2026 of the same department. antje was awarded the Academy of Theater and Dance Teacher-Researcher Fellowship 2023-2024 for their project "Neurodiversity as Relation in Arts Education" in collaboration with Aion Arribas and their platform shy*play