Call for Papers, art, activist and other contributions to Desiring Autism and Neurodiversity (book and international workshop) led by the Re•Storying Autism team. Email a 250-300 abstract to douglas.patricia@queensu.ca by September 15, 2023. Follow these links for the full call for papers and plain language version.

Our colleagues Brigid Livingston and Meg Gibson have co-developed a survey with a team of Autistic people they would like Autistic perspectives on. Your responses will help them suggest better responses to others.

Are you Autistic? Have you sometimes left places suddenly, wandered off, run away, gotten lost, or been reported missing – at any age? Take an online research survey to help people understand and respond better! 

https://uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cIvM1R3GszaTidM

The research team wants to hear from Autistic people about your experiences with leaving places! Other research on Autistic people’s departures has often left out the perspectives and knowledge of Autistic people themselves. The team wants to hear from you if you have ever left places in ways that other people might not understand: if you have wandered, taken off, run away, fled, gotten lost, or been reported missing, at any age. We want to hear from Autistic people about what sort of things are happening before and during their departures, and what other people have done that was helpful, not helpful, or harmful. These survey results will address an important gap in research and help suggest better responses to others.  

About the Exhibition

A zine and video exhibit by the Re•Storying Autism Collective/ Project

Re•Storying Autism ‘In’ Difference/ Autistic, Surviving and Thriving Under COVID-19 is a zine and video exhibit presented by the Re•Storying Autism Collective/ Project. Autistic people face stigma, misunderstanding, and exclusion from life and art. The Re•Storying Autism Collective/ Project resists this through story and art making. Videos in the exhibit are made by Autistic makers, family, and kin from Canada (Turtle Island), Aotearoa (New Zealand) and the UK. The videos show what it is like to desire the difference of Autism and live well ‘in’ difference. The zines are made by Autistic makers from across Canada (Turtle Island). In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw that the world could change. We came together as a collective to resist isolation and imagine Autistic futures where Autistic ways of being re-make the world in radically affirming ways. 

You can also find the exhibit online at www.restoryingautism.com/tangled