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Employment

• Research partner, University of Glasgow, on the Older Autistic’s Kit (OAK) project that investigates older Autists’ experiences of technology and is developing a website to identify venues and services appreciated by them (September 2021 to present).
• Research partner, University of Glasgow, on the project: A society fit for autistics: overcoming the barriers, challenging stereotypes and enabling autistics to take their place in the world (2017 to 2020).
• Copywriter, hi-tech startup, London, UK (2018).
• Chief analyst, Inpro Licensing, London, UK (2010 to 2012).
• Freelance journalist, London, UK (2005 to 2010). Wrote for The Guardian (2005), The Register (2007-2009), Red Pepper (2009), the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (2009), the Coalition Against Secret Evidence (2009), and Black Mental Health (2010).
• Editor – Developer Program, UIQ Technology, London, UK & Ronneby, Sweden (2006 to 2008).
• Technology editor, marketing strategy manager, developer outreach manager and security alert team co-chair, Symbian Software, London, UK (2000 to 2006).
• Editor, EXE Magazine, Centaur, a monthly software developers' magazine, London, UK (1994 to 1999).
• Freelance journalist, London, UK (1993 to 1994). Wrote for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, PC Direct, What Personal Computer, 01 Informatique, Le Journal du Téléphone, Byte European Reseller, and Eurotrade.
• Senior editor, PC Expert, Ziff-Davis, Paris, France (1991 to 1993).
• Software engineer, P.N.B., Paris, France (1990 to 1991).
• Research & development engineer and project leader, Microformatic, Paris, France and Moodus, Connecticut, USA (1989 to 1990).
• Visiting lecturer in telecommunications, IBM, Paris, France (1989 to 1990).
• Technical director, Euratec, Paris, France (1986 to 1987).
• Software developer, Téléinformatique, Paris, France (1985).
• Computer course examiner, Institut de Gestion Sociale, Paris, France (1985).
• Software developer, Caisses Centrales de Mutualité Sociale Agricole, Paris, France (1984 to 1985).
• Visiting lecturer in computer science, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Paris, France (1984 to 1986).
• Computer instructor, City of Paris InterClub 17, Paris, France (1984 to 1985).
• Freelance journalist, Paris, France (1982 to 1991). Wrote for PC-News, Info-PC and Décision Micro (1989 to 1991), Soft & Micro (1987 to 1989), and Génie Logiciel, Que Choisir, Goupil Revue and Microtel-Infos (1982 to 1986).

Civil society

• Researcher, Forest Media | 숲생각, an artist collective (2022 to present).
• Admin team member, Autopia Discord server (2020 to present) and Autscape Discord server (2020 & 2021).
• Board member (2015 to present) and director (2015 to 2018), AutAngel.
• Restarter (2012 to 2023) and London volunteer coordinator (2014 to 2017), The Restart Project.
• Advisor to the Challenging the Criminalisation of Autistic People support and campaign group (2017 to 2022).
• Independent Custody Visitor (ICV) in Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Islington (2010 to 2021); vice-chair (2013 to 2021).
• Member of the Hackney Safer Neighbourhood Board (2015 to 2021).
• Member of the Nottinghamshire Autism Police Partnership (2018 to 2020).
• Participant in the Sheffield Autism Dialogues (2018).
• Chair of publications, Autscape, a conference by and for Autists (2015 to 2018).
• Member, London Borough of Hackney Autism Alliance Board (2016 to 2019).
• Advisory board NO2ID (2012 to 2017).
• Advisory board, Privacy International (2011 to 2015).
• Member of Islington Borough’s stop and search monitoring group (2010 to 2011).
• Legal observer (2010).
• Member of Amnesty International (2006 to 2010).
• Member of Liberty (2005 to 2011).
• Founding member of the Open Rights Group (2005 to 2006).
• Participated in the creation of Mobile Monday London (2005).
• Associate member of the Free Software Foundation (2003 to 2015).
• Co-founder and co-sysop of the OS/2 MANiA association (1990 to 1992).
• Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (1987 to 2009)
• Member of the Association Francaise pour la Cybernétique Economique et Technique (1987 to 1989).
• Participated at local, regional and national level in the Microtel and Adémir associations (1980 to 1987).

Published photographic work

• Cover photograph of Radical Philosophy 2.13 and photographs accompanying two articles (2022).
• Cover photograph of the Autscape 2022 Handbook (2022).
• Cover photograph of Radical Philosophy 2.12 and photographs accompanying three articles (2022).
• Cover photograph of the Autscape 2019 Handbook (2019).
• One of the photographs in Piccoli, G.B. and Mery, D., Sister earth, our common home, Journal of Renal Nutrition (2017)
• Photograph published by The Telegraph (2016).

Academic publications

• Piccoli, G.B. and Mery, D., 2017. Sister earth, our common home: toward a sustainable, planet friendly approach to dialysis, a paradigm of high technology medicine. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 27(6), pp. 478-484.
• Mery, D.P., 2016. Does data cleaning disproportionately affect autistics? Autism: the international journal of research and practice.
• Mery, D., 2003. Why do mobile phones need a different operating system? Computing and Control Engineering, 14(6), pp. 20-25.

Book chapters

• Hersh, M. et al, 2020. ’Accessing services and social interaction: strategies used by autistic people' in Milton, D. et al (ed.) The Neurodiversity Reader, Pavilion Publishing.
• Mery, P., 2020. ’Manipulation of Words' in Hegland, F. (ed.) The Future Of Text, Volume I, Future Text Publishing.
• Mery, P. 2015. ‘Calm, almost too calm' and ' Terminology' in Hearst, C. (ed.) Being Autistic – Nine adults share their journeys from discovery to acceptance, AutAngel.

Speaking engagements

• Presented at the 2023 Neurodiversity Forum (신경다양성 포럼) on Autistic Space, Korea (2023).
• Guest lecture on repair culture to BA Product Design students at Central Saint Martins, UK (2019).
• Presented at the The Politics of Autism conference on Participatory and Autistic-led initiatives in the UK, France (2019).
• Presented at ESTAS, a Korean Autistic organisation, on several Autistic initiatives in the UK, South Korea (2018).
• Presented at the PARC Autistic Fringe (Glasgow) on About spoons and spudgers: community repair for neurodivergents, UK (2018).
• Facilitated a session at Fixfest UK 2018 on (Better) repair events for neurodivergents & anyone lacking spoons, UK (2018).
• Facilitated a session at Fixfest 2017 on Fixing events for and with neurodivergents and people with mental health issues, UK (2017).
• Presented on the work of Independent Custody Visitors to the Hackney Safer Neighbourhood Board, UK (2016).
• Spoke at the V&A Friday Late on Why and how to become a restarter with the Restart Project, UK (2015).
• Spoke at the OpenTech session on Why and how to become a restarter with the Restart Project, UK (2013).
• Keynote speaker at the public debate Surveillance, Politics and Civil Society, UK (2010).
• Spoke at a workshop on Fighting the law and winning for the ten years of Indymedia, UK (2010).
• Guest speaker at a public meeting of the Pan African Society Community Forum on civil liberties, UK (2009).

Interviews

• Television and video: Lush Showcase, France (2018); Deutsche Welle, Focus on Europe, Germany (2015), WOWOW, Finding 1984, Japan (2014); National Autistic Society, Ask Autism, UK (2014); ORF, Welt Journal, Austria (2012); Sky News, Sunrise, UK (2009); Mega TV, The Files, Greece (2007); BBC One, Politics Show, UK (2006); Sky News, Today, UK (2005).
• Radio: Restart Radio, UK (2017; 2018; 2020); BBC World Service, Discovery, UK (2015); Dissident Island Radio, UK (2010); Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Peter Godfrey, Australia (2005); ABC Radio National, Late Night Live, Australia (2005); BBC Radio Four, Broadcasting House, UK (2005); BBC Radio Five Live, The Way Forward, UK (2005); RampART Radio, Indymedia, UK (2005).
• Print and web: The Establishment, USA (2018), The Independent and i, UK (2015) The Voice, UK (2014), AFP, UK (2013); Cageprisoners, UK (2011); Colors Magazine, ‘Cease-Fear’, Italy (2009); I fought the law, ‘Britain's Ten Worst Laws’ chapter, Bantam Press, UK (2007); The Dallas Morning News, USA (2005).

Education

• Support Brokerage, London Brokerage Network, London, UK 2014 to 2015, awarded 2016).
• Spoon carving, Barn the Spoon, London, UK (2014).
• Auditing MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice, City University, London, UK (2013 to 2014).
• Independent Custody Visitors, Metropolitan Police Authority, London, UK (2010).
• Legal observing, Network for Police Monitoring, London, UK (2010).
• International human rights law, CCJO.RenéCassin, London, UK (2009).
• Human rights law, continuing education course, City University, London, UK (2007).
• Taught MPhil (AEA) in languages, algorithmic and programming, Université Paris VI, Paris, France (1987 to 1988).
• MSc (Maîtrise) in computer science, Université Paris VI, Paris, France (1986 to 1987).
• BSc (License) in computer science, Université Paris VI, Paris, France, (1985 to 1986).
• Undergraduate degree (DEUG) in mathematics, physics and computer science, Université Paris VI, Paris, France (1982 to 1985).
• Baccalaureate (Baccalauréat S1) specialised in mathematics, Ecole Alsacienne, Paris, France (1977 to 1982).