--- title: Rachel Walters Blog --- [Skip to content](https://blog.rachelwalters.net/blog#main-content) ![Rachel Walters Logo](https://blog.rachelwalters.net/hs-fs/hubfs/RachelLogo-Photoroom-1.png?width=500&height=339&name=RachelLogo-Photoroom-1.png)Homepage - [About Me](https://www.rachelwalters.net/) - [Home](https://blog.rachelwalters.net/blog) - [About Me](https://www.rachelwalters.net/) - [Home](https://blog.rachelwalters.net/blog) I am a neurodivergent academic librarian who writes about neurodiversity in libraries. 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