Presentations

Observing Neurodiversity, Observing Methodology: Ethnography in Pandemic Times Friday, July 26, 2024

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Abstract

Ethnographic researchers have long relied upon observation as a powerful means to learn about social relations. This paper discusses research observation that was conducted as a part of an institutional ethnography (IE) investigating how people use the language and ideas of neurodiversity across different settings. While our research protocol initially called for ethnographic observation to take place at in-person events in Southern Ontario, our approach needed to be re-formulated with the switch to...

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“White people have an easier time making claims to those identities”: Interviews on neurodiversity, at Desiring Autism and Neurodivergence Symposium, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Tuesday, July 23, 2024:

We presented on a chapter we are writing in which we look at how race was a part of what neurodiversity meant to the people we interviewed, with a particular focus on racialized participants' experiences. 

Abstract

The movements, written works, and affiliations of “neurodiversity” have a history spanning over two decades, however within the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the range of people talking and writing about neurodiversity. Academic researchers and educators are comparatively late to these conversations as they...

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Experiences of parents with disabilities negotiating care and work during the COVID-19 pandemic, at CASWE, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Tuesday, June 18, 2024:

By Brianna Urquhart, Michele Martin, bridget livingstone, Margaret F. Gibson. Presented at the Canadian Association of Social Work Educators 2024 Conference. 

Abstract

How have the care and work lives of Canadian parents with disabilities been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Little literature is available examining how disabled parents navigate their care/work lives within systems, and much of the research that does exist approaches disability through...

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Neurodiversity in Social Work Field Education -- with recording link, at Online, Wednesday, March 6, 2024:

Meg Gibson, Brianna Urquhart, and Hannah Monroe did an Advanced Field Instructor Training for people connected with the schools of social work at Renison University College/ University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. The slides are posted below.

For a recording, see https://uwaterloo.zoom.us/rec/play/_zCMGfwevByjhZGb257HcQIizU296Nay-JAvG31BHizI6ctUJ3vcY6A3gZVTq4PQtZFdX5pMdSg-JCrU.14grurGOKADf0sAm?canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fuwaterloo.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%...

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Beyond caregiver burnout , at Canadian Association of Social Work Educators conference, York University, Toronto, Friday, June 2, 2023:
Brianna Urquhart, an MSW student with the project, presented about "caregiver burnout" as it appears in research literature and as it fails to encompass lived experiences. Some of the interviews from the Reimagining Carework Project were integrated into this analysis. Read more about Beyond caregiver burnout
Leaving Places: Autistic People's Perspectives on 'Elopement', at Canadian Association of Social Work Educators conference, York University, Toronto, Wednesday, May 31, 2023:
Initial findings from the survey were presented at the Canadian Association of Social Work Educators by project coordinator bridget livingstone, along with team members Andriy Hrabchuk and Meg Gibson; also authored by Nicole Corrado, Steacy Easton, and Bei Every. Please credit the listed authors when citing or using this work. Read more about Leaving Places: Autistic People's Perspectives on 'Elopement'
Absences and rearticulations: 2SLGBTQ+ families and care/work Tuesday, May 30, 2023:
Our team took part in a panel of presentations called "Care Is Not a Tally Sheet: Reflections on the Care/Work Portrait as a Method for Rethinking and Remaking the Field of Gendered Divisions of Labour" (Doucet, A., Klostermann, J., de Laat, K., Fisher, L., Foster, K., Gibson, M., livingstone, b., Cooper, J., Urquhart, B., & Kader, U.). Our presentation was created by M. Gibson, b. livingstone, J. Cooper, and B. Urquhart, and describes some of the methodological challenges we encountered as we piloted the Care/Work Portrait in online interviews with 2SLGBTQ+ parents and their partners --... Read more about Absences and rearticulations: 2SLGBTQ+ families and care/work

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