Dr. Ben Mitchell is a scholar and librarian interested in making historical and contemporary medical humanities and neurodiversity studies more accessible. As the assistant curator at the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre, they helped design and deliver exhibits, tours, and other public programming related to the history of mental health and neurodivergence at the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in Etobicoke, Ontario.

They have been an invited speaker at half a dozen venues on topics related to neurodiversity in libraries and education, including the Waterloo Public Library, Mount Royal University, Thompson Rivers University, and Maskwacis Cultural College. In 2025 they were the keynote speaker at the Atlantic Provinces Library Associations 2025 annual conference, “Breaking Barriers,” and at San José State University’s School of Information’s Disability Pride Month Virtual Symposium.

Dr. Mitchelll helps to organize the Neuro-GLAM-erous Discord server for neurodivergent gallery, library, archives, and museum (GLAM) workers.

I can be found at OrchidID, Google Scholar, Bluesky, and Tumblr.