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Dr. TC Waisman. I am an Indigenous Oceania, Black, South Asian, non-binary, AuDHD doctor researching at the crossroads of autism, UD, Indigeneity, intersectionality, higher ed, workplaces, disability justice & participatory research.

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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In Brisbane? Come see my keynote at the Neurodivergence Wellness Conference. Bring your unique perspective anzmh.asn.au/nwc
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2026 Neurodivergence Wellbeing Conference
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Call for submissions — Participatory & Decolonizing Approaches to Autism Diagnosis, Health, and Wellbeing in Pediatrics. Honoured to be guest co-editor of special issue in Frontiers in Pediatrics. Submit, share, tag colleagues whose work belongs in this convo www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Frontiers | International Youth Day Special Research Topic: Participatory & Decolonizing Approaches to Autism Diagnosis, Health, & Wellbeing in Pediatrics
Current approaches to diagnostics, health and wellbeing of Autistic children inadvertently create exclusionary barriers that limit equity and access for marg...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Book soon to be released: Scott, S., with Waisman, T. C. (in press). Inclusive leadership as a graduate supervisor. In E. Fournier, S. Scott, & D. E. Scott, A guide to practical inclusionary leadership.(pp. 207-241). Peter Lang Publishers.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Join me for my keynote at UBC Okanagan on May 7th. events.ok.ubc.ca/event/the-ev...
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The Evolution of Resistance - UBC Okanagan Events Calendar
In a volatile and unpredictable world, what becomes of those who are historically, persistently, or systematically pushed to the margins of society?
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Our latest publication based on our Special Interest Group panel presentation for the International Society for Autism Research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Content Analysis of Responses From an INSAR Special Interest Group (SIG): Indigenous Perspectives on Autism
Autism remains understudied and under-detected in Indigenous communities across the globe. This content analysis investigates key themes and future directions for Indigenous autism research, as discu...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Proud to have Dr. Wenn Lawson’s wisdom on board. autismtraining.academy/micro-traini...
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Dr. Wenn Lawson Corner
Dr. Wenn Lawson is an autistic researcher, a family man who has 3 auDHD offspring, 3 autistic granddaughters, a new grandson, and two Tuxedo cats! He is also a lecturer, British Psychologist, advoc…
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Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
New preprint alert! Drawing from our experiences and observations on two initiatives with participatory aspirations, we have identified challenges, strategies, and recommendations for better and neurodiversity-affirming autism research. 10.13140/RG.2.2.27146.12481 1/
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Our article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Inclusion Must Be Global, Decolonized, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, and Anti-Normative
PDF | In this concluding commentary for our special issue, Neurodiversity-Affirming Intersectional Approaches that Target Public Policy: Moving the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This short documentary follows Grant Bruno and his family and includes community perspectives on the realities Indigenous people face when it comes to autism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw_a...
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The Gift of Being Different
YouTube video by Aide Canada Videos
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This....Neurodiversity-Affirming Intersectional Approaches That Target Public Policy: Moving the Focus From Changing Individuals to Changing Systems of Power. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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SPSSI Journals
The neurodiversity movement challenges traditional deficit-oriented models of autism. However, inclusion efforts often prioritize individual attitudinal change over structural reform (e.g., policies ...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Link to my keynote in Dublin Ireland for the Autism Europe Congress "Beacons in a Volatile World: How Research, Policy, and Practice Have Become Beacons". The official link will be posted by ASIAM Ireland soon. vimeo.com/user12426586...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Prequel article we published in February: Global Indigenous Perspectives on autism and autism research: Colonialism, cultural insights and ways forward. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Global Indigenous perspectives on autism and autism research: Colonialism, cultural insights and ways forward - Grant Bruno, Anne Lindblom, Jon-Are Masternes, Jessica Tupou, TC Waisman, Samarra Toby, ...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
We just published "Decolonizing autism research: Integrating indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
See you in Dublin!
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See you in Dublin! | Dr. TC (Teresia) Waisman EdD, M.A.
See you in Dublin!
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Excited to share that I just received my copy of Sandra Thom-Jones' latest book! A must-read for academics, individuals committed to academic-environments-for-all, and those in the Autistic community considering academia in their future. #NewBook #AcademicCommunity #AutisticAcademicCommunity
Pink book on table titled "Autistics in Academia". Reading glasses next to the book and blurry background with a coffee shop customer standing in line.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Recently published...
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Guidelines for the Creation of Accessible Consent Materials and Procedures: Lessons from Research with Autistic People and People with Intellectual Disability | Autism in Adulthood
Informed, voluntary, ongoing consent is a central tenet of ethical research. However, consent processes are prone to exclusionary practices and inaccessibility. Consent materials are often too long an...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Sensodyne’s Sensory Initiative is here! It starts with the documentary on Hulu called Sensory Overload & continues with full education & support for oral health providers in conjunction with the American Dental Association. I am 1 of 6 people on the AdvisoryCouncil. www.sensodyne.com/en-us/sensor...
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Sensory Inclusion Initiative
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Wenn Lawson's latest book: Autism & being Monotropic: What medical & other practitioners need to know. link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... A culmination of years of research & listening to the experiences of autistic people.
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Autism and Being Monotropic
This book provides insights into the experiences of autistics with monotropic cognition, offering support and promoting neurodiversity awareness.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
One of the top downloaded research of 2024
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“I Don't Understand Their Sense of Belonging”: Exploring How Nonbinary Autistic Adults Experience Gender | Autism in Adulthood
Background: The term “nonbinary” refers to all gender identities that are not exclusively male or female. Nonbinary identities are more common in autistic people than in nonautistic people. Yet resear...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Our article is now part of an e-book called "Break the Stigma: Autism" by Frontiers in Psychiatry. Download it now or read the article on the link below.
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Frontiers | Mindshift in autism: a call to professionals in research, clinical, and educational settings
Autistic people often have poor outcomes over the life course, including in health, education, employment, and community inclusion. Many professionals workin...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Keynote in Seattle with Union board & leaders. Note interpreter boxes in the back. My slides were interpreted into Russian, Mandarin, and Spanish. Best participants and crew ever!
Conference room with two long rows of tables, chairs, and microphones and a large screen at the front of the room Two sound engineers are in the picture.The back of a large conference room with 3 large round tables visible surrounded by 8-10 chairs.Back of a large conference room with two large silver modular enclosed boxes to fit 4 interpreters. A sound engineer sits beside the enclosed boxes.
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
An awesome listen! Hear my friend and colleague Dr. Stephen Shore share his experiences being a non-speaking Autistic toddler to becoming a professor travelling the globe and inspiring others. You are amazing.
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But the Trajectory Changed Again
Dr. Stephen Shore, an autistic advocate with decades of experience, shares his inspiring journey. From his childhood to adulthood, he discusses his challenges, triumphs, and the opportunities that aro...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
An article from my keynote last month in Calgary Alberta.
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UCalgary alum shares neuro-inclusive tips for success
Dr. TC Waisman revisits journey through graduate school and wisdom learned along the way
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
An excellent research article on Autistic perspectives of the neurodiversity movement and autism intervention.
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Community views of neurodiversity, models of disability and autism intervention: Mixed methods reveal shared goals and key tensions - Patrick Dwyer, Ava N Gurba, Steven K Kapp, Elizabeth Kilgallon, Ly...
Controversies regarding the neurodiversity movement may be exacerbated by confusion over its meaning. For example, some suggest neurodiversity entails acceptanc...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Want to learn about autism? Here is a free online interactive 20 minute course you can take anytime.
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Micro-Training Courses
All courses are free and shareable. The Introduction to Autism course is a free 20-minute asynchronous, interactive, micro-training. This course is for anyone who would like to learn more about aut…
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Whistler is ready for Bodhi Day, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Mawlid, New Year, Pride ski week etc. If you feel lost, go to Stinky’s and ask for Stinky. The locals will make sure you feel included.
A night perspective of Whistler village with lights in the trees and the Olympic rings lit up.
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Autism in Adulthood @autisminadulthood.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
How do autism charities prioritize support for the intimate lives of autistic people? Jay et al critically reviewed all publicly available local autism strategies in England and found a clear lack of of positive and proportionate representations of intimate lives. www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
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A Critical Analysis of How Local Autism Strategies Represent Autistic Adults’ Intimate Lives | Autism in Adulthood
Background: Intimate relationships are an important, yet ordinary, part of many people’s lives. However, autistic people experience greater challenges around sex and intimate relationships and more lo...
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My clack fan makes people happy…but don’t say you haven’t been warned. 😼
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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
First post. I am an old #ActuallyAutistic autism researcher out here trying to keep up with my 87yo dad. 🤨
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