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Margaret F. Gibson

@mfgibson.bsky.social

Associate Professor at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Canada. Teaches, researches, and writes about neurodiversity, disability, parenting, gender, sexuality, and critical social work. Big fan of trees, birds, and jigsaw puzzles.

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Margaret F. Gibson@mfgibson.bsky.social · last yr.

We have a new article out on how LGBTQ+ parents' navigated care and work during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of a larger project led by Andrea Doucet at Brock University. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

LGBTQ+ Parents’ Care and Work Arrangements During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Canadian Mixed-Methods Study

Existing research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parents’ care and work responsibilities has largely ignored the experiences of LGBTQ+ parents. Most gender divisions of labor studies hav...

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism@thinkingautism.com · last yr.

Even though the media tends to dwell on negative aspects of parenting autistic kids, researchers are asking, "What do parents value about their Autistic children, & what characterizes parents’ positive relationships with their Autistic children?" Heyworth et al: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“There is Nowhere Else That I’d Rather be Than with Them”: Parents’ Positive Experiences Parenting Autistic Children - Melanie Heyworth, Catherine McMahon, Diana Weiting Tan, Elizabeth Pellicano, 2025

Background and Aims A significant body of research focuses on the negative outcomes of parenting Autistic children, particularly when parents identify as non-Au...

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Margaret F. Gibson@mfgibson.bsky.social · last yr.

I was happy to talk with University of Waterloo folks about being a 2SLGBTQIA+ researcher and prof. Pride can be a year-round thing! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

In celebration of #Pride Month, I would like to highlight some of the incredible #2SLGBTQIA+ leaders at the University of Waterloo. | Charmaine Dean

In celebration of #Pride Month, I would like to highlight some of the incredible #2SLGBTQIA+ leaders at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Margaret F. Gibson is an associate professor in Social Developm...

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism@thinkingautism.com · last yr.

Today in Dogs and Cats, Living Together: ASAN @autisticadvocacy.org *and* Autism Speaks (and a host of other autism orgs) unite to denounce the pile of rancid garbage that is the current administration's statements and positions on autism and autistic people: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...

Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc of the United States, Autistic Women and Non-Binary Network, Autistic People of Color Fund, and partners across the disability and…

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism@thinkingautism.com · last yr.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! We love, honor, and stand by our trans community members. You are the greatest! We also support Trans Lifeline, which “provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people.” translifeline.org

Home - Trans Lifeline

A resource for coming out to your friends, family, co-workers, and the online world. Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)@autisticadvocacy.org · last yr.

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Trans Day of Visibility is a day for celebrating trans lives, trans joy, and trans resistance. ASAN will continue to fight back against attacks on trans rights and work towards a world in which transgender autistic people are respected and included everywhere.

Blue, white, and pink gradient background. There is a large transgender flag (blue, pink, white, pink, and blue horizontal stripes) in the middle. At the top text reads: ASAN Celebrates Trans Day of Visibility. At the bottom, text reads: Today we celebrate trans lives, trans joy, and trans resistance! The ASAN logo is at the bottom.
Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 2y ago

Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness." Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.

Robert Chapman@drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 2y ago

If anyone hasn't seen this, here is our critical neurodiversity studies conference call for abstracts. "We will focus on scholarship that synthesises a concern for neurodivergent liberation with other critical traditions and liberation movements globally." medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...

Call for Abstracts: Critical Neurodiversity Studies, 24–26 June 2025, Durham, UK

Submissions for Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions close 28 February 2025.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism@thinkingautism.com · 2y ago

Autism Speaks Canada shuts down in January. The Canadian org Autistics for Autistics thinks this is both good, and "an opportunity for autistics and our families to collaborate locally to build new, neuro-affirming spaces and projects." a4aontario.com/2024/12/17/a...

Autism Speaks Canada shuts down in January. Good.

By Autistics for Autistics As Canada’s autistic-led advocacy group and an international affiliate of the Autistic Self Advocacy Organization, we are relieved that Autism Speaks Canada will be shutt…

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