Neurodiversity Matters Project @NeurodivMatters
A research project exploring what neurodiversity means to people. PI Margaret Gibson, faculty @RenisonCollege, @UWaterloo. See @mfgibson.bsky.social uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23gib… Ontario, Canada Joined June 2020-
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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.
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
We shared some of our research findings for this story about police encounters with autistic community members kitchener.ctvnews.ca/what-police-sh…
Call for participants for gender, sexuality, and autism study! Check out the link below for more information! revisioncentre.ca/about/announce…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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-…
We presented a research e-poster, Autistic perspectives on Eloping: Survey findings. Interested? See 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/…
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…
We are pleased to invite applications for two postdoctoral fellowships beginning in September 2024. The deadline for applications is February 1st, 2024. Please share with your networks! #DisabilityStudies #Fellowships

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