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April is World Autism Awareness Month and April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. With this in mind, Queen’s expert Patty Douglas is available to speak on topics such as challenging autism stereotypes, advocating for ethical disruption into deficit approaches, and on the history of autism.

Dr. Douglas’ groundbreaking new book Unmothering Autism: Ethical Disruptions and Affirming Care challenges conventional narratives about autism and maternal care. This scholarly yet deeply personal work rethinks autism through the lens of “ethical disruption,” advocating for a more compassionate and inclusive understanding of autistic people as valuable and fundamentally human.

Why your Audience will care:

• Timely and Provocative Perspective: As conversations about neurodiversity grow, Douglas offers a critical history of autism narratives, exploring cultural constructs from the “refrigerator mother” to the “warrior mother” and their implications for mothers and autistic individuals.
• Affirming Neurodiversity: The book reorients research and care practices, emphasizing the importance of living well together through difference rather than striving