This is going to be good!

May 5 is #RedDressDay , a day dedicated to honouring the thousands of lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people.

We warmly invite Indigenous community members with lived experience and knowledge to a Community Consultation on Indigenous Understandings and Approaches to Autism Support on May 14 6-8:30pm in Toronto!

See link for more information!

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Looking for something good to watch! The Gift of Being Different from Grant Bruno tells a story of Indigenous Peoples and autism!

I am in tears reading about this profoundly moving new play by Stephen Unwin - #LaughingBoy #ConnorSparrowhawk theguardian.com/stage/2024/apr…

The RSA team is excited for the launch of Dr. Patty Douglas new book entitled “Unmothering Autism: Ethical Disruptions and Affirming Care”.

You can pre-order online and read more at: ubcpress.ca/unmothering-au…

What barriers do #Autistic students face when it comes to post-secondary education?

Our #CALS2024 panel, “Moving Post-Secondary Education Forward: Gathering Research and Lived Experience Insights Together,” shares innovative ideas to foster campus #belonging .

So incredibly disappointing - there was hope for a moment.

New article by Prof Katherine Runswick-C, Dr Martina Smith, Prof Ryan & Dr. Patty Douglas examines understandings of care through the lenses of ableism and sanism🌱

Link: doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.…
#OpenAccess SpinningPlates_CarerMH

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It's #NationalSiblingsDay2024 today. We are very excited to share today some of the films that siblings have made as part of the Spinning Plates project. You can find links to the full films on our blog post here: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.u…
Sibs #itsasiblingthing

To kick off Autism Acceptance and Appreciation Month, The Re•Storying Autism project is sharing findings from our multimedia storytelling workshop decolonizing stories of autism through story making and conversations with Indigenous communities in Manitoba, Canada.

In honour of #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek (March 18 – 24) we are resharing our podcast with Dr. Patty Douglas highlighting neurodiversity-affirming practices in the classroom. educ.queensu.ca/for-teachers/p…

Excited to share this amazing event happening on January 25th, 2024 in Kingston, Ontario!

Stay tuned for more information in the new year!

If you are looking for some holiday listening check out our podcast episode featuring our own Dr. Patty Douglas who discusses neurodiversity in the classroom. educ.queensu.ca/for-teachers/p…

This is an important critical analysis and commentary on the ways in which academia discusses #neurodiversity

Findings: academics all too often discuss this in ways that are harmful to neurodiverse or disabled people #ThisMustChange

#Autism #ADHD

Happy to see our piece out in the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice today with lead author Bridget Livingstone from the project Neurodiversity Matters led by Meg Gibson!! It is open access and you can find it by clicking this link: scienceopen.com/hosted-documen…

Disability studies & other critical graduate students consider submitting an abstract by Dec. 22nd to the Rosa Bruno-Jofre Education Symposium March 7-8! Focus is on critical pedagogy & reimagining education. I’ll be there with you! Info is below:

📢 Call for Abstracts! 🌟 Explore the intersection of Disability and Sexuality in our session: 'Breaking Barriers: Disability and Sexuality on Center Stage' at the Canadian Sociological Association 2024 Meeting in Montreal. 🌈 csa-scs.ca/files/www/Conf…