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Brendan McDonald

URevolution Magazine contributor

Brendan McDonald

URevolution editor and co-founder

Brendan McDonald is a disabled Australian writer, editor and co-founder of URevolution, which he now owns and leads. Diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia in 2015, he writes from lived experience of chronic illness and largely invisible disability, particularly where they intersect with work, identity and assumptions about what disability looks like. He previously worked in United Nations humanitarian and emergency-management roles.

Brendan holds a Master of Social Science in International Development from RMIT University and a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Asian Studies from the University of New England. He wrote for The Guardian about humanitarian agencies and staff mental health.

He has lived in several countries, including the United States for seven years. His two adult children hold dual Australian and American citizenship.

In his late 50s, after years of recognising autistic traits in himself, Brendan has begun to understand his experiences through a neurodivergent lens. He has not been clinically assessed and is open about that distinction. When URevolution covers autism or other neurodivergent experiences beyond his own, he relies on genuine lived-experience voices and credible research. He may recognise points of connection, but does not present those experiences as his own.

Browse more of Brendan’s writing in the URevolution author archive.

Articles by Brendan McDonald

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