Call for participants! We will be interviewing female undergrads in Ontario universities who have looked for and/or used academic accommodations related to ADHD. uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23gib…

"Everyone deserves to be safe, live with dignity, and have their rights and freedoms respected." Harini Sivalingam, Director, Equality Program, reacted to the proposed gender identity and sexual orientation policy announced in Alberta today. 🔗👇 ccla.org/press-release/…

We presented a research e-poster, Autistic perspectives on Eloping: Survey findings. Interested? See uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23gib…

It's Day Two of #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek! 🌟 Check out some of the events happening today and don't forget to sign-up and show your support at the #NCW website 👉 neurodiversityweek.com #NeurodiversityWeek #ThisIsND

Want to view our recorded workshop on Neurodiversity in Social Work Field Education? Thanks to Renison/ Waterloo and Laurier Schools of Social Work for hosting! Passcode: #qdU&4GC uwaterloo.zoom.us/rec/component-…

Today (and every day!) we celebrate our #trans siblings and wish you the utmost joy, health, and safety. To cis allies, we urge you to support trans communities by combatting and educating yourself on the rise in anti-trans disinformation. #TDOV2024

Call for interview participants! Do you identify as Autistic? Do you have experience with “eloping” (departing unexpectedly, fleeing, going missing, etc.) Are you at least 16 years of age and living in Canada? uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23gib…

Save the Date! affilia's spring webinar "Positionality & Positioning Ourselves in Critical Feminist Social Work Research" happening on 4/29 w/esteemed panelist Drs. Olubunmi B.Oyewuwo, Ifrah Magan, & Gina Miranda Samuels. Moderated by Dr.Kelly Jackson. Northeastern Illinois University Nancy The University of Chicago Arizona State University

To recognize Autism Acceptance month a little differently and honour our autistic co-researchers, the team has been busy creating these infographics to share! Alt text: This is an infographic describing the findings from the project.

Happy Tuesday! We have our next infographic below from Gibson and Douglas (2018) entitled Disturbing Behaviours: Ole Ivar Lovaas and the Queer History of Autism Science. Alt text: This is an infographic describing the findings from the research project.

Registration is now open for Affilia's spring webinar "Positionality & Positioning Ourselves in Critical Feminist Social Work Research" happening 4/29 4pm bit.ly/Affilia424Webi…

Do you identify as Autistic? Do you have experience with “eloping” (departing unexpectedly, fleeing, going missing, etc.)? Are you at least 16 and living in Canada? We still looking for interview participants. For details, see uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23gib…

"Despite neurodiversity’s cultural currency, we have won surprisingly few shifts in autism service-provision and research, the primary areas the movement emerged to target." bostonreview.net/forum_response…

Happy LGBTQ+ Pride Month from ASAN! Check out our Proud and Supported series that includes Easy Read and Plain Language toolkits on topics that affect LGBTQ+ autistics: autisticadvocacy.org/resources/prou…

We have a new article out! Read about how we did ethnographic observation of online events related to neurodiversity and what we learned from the chat. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16…

Call for participants for gender, sexuality, and autism study! Check out the link below for more information! revisioncentre.ca/about/announce…

We shared some of our research findings for this story about police encounters with autistic community members kitchener.ctvnews.ca/what-police-sh…

Neurodiverse people have long been unfairly accused of laziness or procrastination, but in reality they just have an atypical way of thinking — and it benefits everyone to embrace neurodiversity in the workplace, says Dr. Margaret Gibson: bit.ly/3BStqfb

This will be the last post on X for the Neurodiversity Matters Project. Follow at mfgibson.bsky.social or uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23gib… for updates.