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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📖❤️ NEWS: You can now pre-order my book! "Unlocking Justice confronts America’s unfair legal system with data—and humanity." It's accessible, optimistic, and in the spirit of Ida B. Wells, who said “the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” I wrote it for each of you. Also, ⬇️
Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change|Hardcover
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September 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
📖❤️ NEWS: You can now pre-order my book! "Unlocking Justice confronts America’s unfair legal system with data—and humanity." It's accessible, optimistic, and in the spirit of Ida B. Wells, who said “the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” I wrote it for each of you. Also, ⬇️
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....
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...
www.tandfonline.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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....
This is part of a larger project led by Andrea Doucet at Brock University.
Enjoy!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Affilia's latest editorial, "Unyielding: Words Under Fire", is now available.
We are always looking for critical, timely, and thoughtful submissions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We are always looking for critical, timely, and thoughtful submissions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Unyielding: Words Under Fire - Sharvari Karandikar, Margaret F. Gibson, Mery Diaz, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Affilia's latest editorial, "Unyielding: Words Under Fire", is now available.
We are always looking for critical, timely, and thoughtful submissions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We are always looking for critical, timely, and thoughtful submissions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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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:
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“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...
journals.sagepub.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I was happy to talk with University of Waterloo folks about being a 2SLGBTQIA+ researcher and prof. Pride can be a year-round thing!
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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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July 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I was happy to talk with University of Waterloo folks about being a 2SLGBTQIA+ researcher and prof. Pride can be a year-round thing!
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What texts do people use to think about, understand, and build upon the language and concept of ‘neurodiversity’? We have a new (open access) article out in the journal Neurodiversity. People talked about books, video games, the DSM, TV shows, and more!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What texts do people use to think about, understand, and build upon the language and concept of ‘neurodiversity’? We have a new (open access) article out in the journal Neurodiversity. People talked about books, video games, the DSM, TV shows, and more!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our podcast about the Eloping Project is out, hosted by UBC's Dr. Barbara Lee! We shared what Autistic folks have to say about why and how they leave places, and how other people should (and should not) respond.
blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episode...
blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episode...
Episode 12 – The Knowledge Exchange: A Partnership-in-Action Podcast
blogs.ubc.ca
May 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our podcast about the Eloping Project is out, hosted by UBC's Dr. Barbara Lee! We shared what Autistic folks have to say about why and how they leave places, and how other people should (and should not) respond.
blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episode...
blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episode...
Our next Affilia editorial is out (online first).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Unyielding: Words Under Fire - Sharvari Karandikar, Margaret F. Gibson, Mery Diaz, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our next Affilia editorial is out (online first).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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This was following on from Patriarchal Hammers. Too many blows. Solidarity!
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Patriarchal Hammers
Some thoughts on the recent judgement by the Supreme Court
feministkilljoys.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This was following on from Patriarchal Hammers. Too many blows. Solidarity!
feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...
feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...
I was thrilled to share survey and interview findings from the Eloping Project at the University of Sheffield yesterday. Thanks to @davidbenshannon.bsky.social and the School of Education for hosting!
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
Autistic "eloping" and other fugitive practices: Reflections on neuroqueer resistance
uwaterloo.ca
April 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I was thrilled to share survey and interview findings from the Eloping Project at the University of Sheffield yesterday. Thanks to @davidbenshannon.bsky.social and the School of Education for hosting!
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
Slides available through the link.
uwaterloo.ca/scholar/m23g...
You are all invited to register for the new Affilia webinar on May 8 -- this time about arts-based research! bit.ly/AffiliaWebinarMay2025
April 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You are all invited to register for the new Affilia webinar on May 8 -- this time about arts-based research! bit.ly/AffiliaWebinarMay2025
This was a fun conversation on Applied Critique in academic work with Hannah Kia, Julia Bullard, and Tina Wilson. My part focused on tensions around queer kinship, neurodiversity, and Autistic "eloping".
Also, January feels like a long time ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJJ...
Also, January feels like a long time ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJJ...
Applied Critique
YouTube video by Green College UBC
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April 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This was a fun conversation on Applied Critique in academic work with Hannah Kia, Julia Bullard, and Tina Wilson. My part focused on tensions around queer kinship, neurodiversity, and Autistic "eloping".
Also, January feels like a long time ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJJ...
Also, January feels like a long time ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJJ...
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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...
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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April 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
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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
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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March 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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
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
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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.
March 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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.
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"[Potential changes to Medicaid] would dramatically alter states’ budgets and could curtail or end care for millions of people with disabilities."
Why Medicaid cuts could be a 'crisis' for people with disabilities
If the new administration slashes federal Medicaid spending, millions of people with disabilities would be cut off from critical health care services.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"[Potential changes to Medicaid] would dramatically alter states’ budgets and could curtail or end care for millions of people with disabilities."
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Submissions for our upcoming special issue "Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of Regret," are due May 1, 2025! Check out the full call at signsjournal.org/for-authors/...
March 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Submissions for our upcoming special issue "Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of Regret," are due May 1, 2025! Check out the full call at signsjournal.org/for-authors/...
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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.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
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Take a break and look at the sea
January 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Take a break and look at the sea
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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...
"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.
medhumsplatform.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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...
"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...
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Take action to protect Medicaid! Learn how to set up meetings with your legislator’s offices and talk to them about why Medicaid is important. https://buff.ly/4gg2tk5
January 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Take action to protect Medicaid! Learn how to set up meetings with your legislator’s offices and talk to them about why Medicaid is important. https://buff.ly/4gg2tk5
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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...
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…
a4aontario.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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...
a4aontario.com/2024/12/17/a...
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If you missed last month’s webinar “The Morning After: Context, Politics, and Critical Feminisms” watch the recording on our YouTube Channel youtu.be/SqFY-4Qw79Y?fe…
The Morning After: Context, Politics and Critical Feminism
YouTube video by Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work
https://youtu.be/SqFY-4Qw79Y?fe…
December 18, 2024 at 6:31 PM
If you missed last month’s webinar “The Morning After: Context, Politics, and Critical Feminisms” watch the recording on our YouTube Channel youtu.be/SqFY-4Qw79Y?fe…
First post! Happy to arrive here. I am interested in neurodiversity research, feminist scholarship, gardening tips, and all the fox and owl pictures this site has been sending my way.
December 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
First post! Happy to arrive here. I am interested in neurodiversity research, feminist scholarship, gardening tips, and all the fox and owl pictures this site has been sending my way.