The Textual Work of August Walla, mentally disabled artist

[RenegadeHealer]

It is actually the goal of this thread to find out if there is interest for a project like this.

... but unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case.

 I'll help you with this, Ben. I apologize for taking so long to express my interest in your project. Promising things I'm not certain I can deliver is not my style, and given the upheaval the pandemic has had on both my professional and home lives, I had to really think about where I was going to find the time and energy for a non-professional research project. But I found it, and I'm in.

I have access to a number of different databases of medical literature. What length(s) of text specimen would be most helpful? Do you care if the specimens were originally written or typed by the author, as opposed to spoken speech transcribed by a human, robot, or some combination? Does it matter to you if the texts were edited for clarity, partially redacted, or translated from a language other than English? I imagine the most valuable specimens would be verbatim copies of lengthy manuscripts, not edited in any way, but you tell me what would be helpful for your project. I only mention this because I foresee this type of specimen being among the hardest to find.

I'll give you a citation for each text specimen I find, and try to include as much data as I can find about the author's mental health history, demographics, and how the text was produced and transcribed.