An online launch of Unmothering Autism: Ethical Disruptions and Affirming Care, by Patty Douglas

Tuesday, 4 March 2025
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm ET

Join us via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/65440326784?pwd=gCgwWeoV1IplYXrR0s3zAzLkzKorDB.1

As global rates of autism diagnosis rise, dominant cultural representations continue to define autism as a tragic neurological disorder. And mothers – as primary caregivers and advocates – are centrally implicated in the impulse to find both cause and cure. How should we care about autism and autistic people? Join us for a virtual lecture by Dr. Patty Douglas, Associate Professor of Disability Studies at Queen’s University, who centres the previously marginalized perspectives of mothers and autistic individuals in her new book, Unmothering Autism: Ethical Disruptions and Affirming Care. After the lecture, Dr. Douglas will be joined in discussion with Drs. Meg Gibson (University of Waterloo) and May Friedman (Toronto Metropolitan University). Event participants will then have a chance to ask questions and engage in a dialogue with Dr. Douglas.