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Accessibility Standards Canada

Learn a bit more about Accessible Standards Canada and my engagement with them.

The Accessibility Canada Act (ACA) was past in in 2019. At long last! There isn’t consistent legislation for disabled folks or accessibility in the provinces and territories. It is about time Canada had a federal act about accessibility. To get the ACA up and running Accessibility Standards Canada was created. They are in charge of getting standards (that will hopefully be used to regulate the…

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AcTinSite

In September 2020 I began consulting with researchers at York University and the University of Toronto. They were working on a project focused on making educational placement accessible. Over the next four months we developed an excellent knowledge mobilization plan for their project, called AcTinSite. This plan focuses on building relationships between stakeholders and was designed for easy…

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Resources for Crip/Disability Time

Resources for Crip/Disability Time

I had a hard time finding sources about crip and disability time. Part of the reason is that the conversation about the impact disability has on time has happened under different terms. A few I found were:

Disability Time

Crip Time

Spoon Theory

Bureaucratic Time

Straight‐Masculine Time

I wanted to share the sources I found. Once I have read them all I might give some details on what I found most…

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Feminism is the fight against patriarchy

Rant about why feminism isn't about equality between different genders.

I am in the middle of re-writing my theory and methodology section for my PhD. At the same time, the world is exploding with sexism, from accused sexual assaulter being put into a position of power in the US, to people complaining about the impacts of past feminist movements. This is all coming together in my brain, mixing together, and frankly making me mad.

Be warned, this is a rant. I haven’t…

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Organizing while Autistic TBW

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Social Media in KM

#socialmedia has changes how we share information. #KMb has to be prepared to deal with the complex means of social media if it is used within plans. #AutistiQueers #Collaboration #researchimpact #disabilityresearch #neurodiversity

Social media has been both a wonderful asset to knowledge mobilization but also an unpredictable tool to use.

Social media has created space for many people to share their experiences. For people to find others with similar experiences. To create more accessible movements. Increasing the uptake of knowledge from a different perspective from general media. For different groups to share organizing…

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Juggling Projects

As a #disability activists and researcher I always have multiple projects on the go. How to I find a way to balance these so that #KM plans get the time and attention they need. #AutistiQueers #disability #neurodiversity

I care a lot. I care about the environment, the excessive use of violence in our society, the rights of so many marginalized groups, the harm done by the continued colonial agenda within Canada and other Countries.

Because I care about so many issues I often have more than one project going on. This is often on top of work needed to ensure my survival. In the past, I have dove into so many…

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Meeting July 25th

Its summer, people are away, its been very hot, we have been trying to work. All that means are things are going slowly. Minutes are below.

The meeting was more about supporting each other in creating timelines and check in to help support getting out work done.

July Minutes

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Ygender: Neurodiversity has a video on Youtube that discusses the connections between Neurodiversity and Trans Identity #KMb #Trans #Communityknowledge # Recently, the youtube video called Trans 101: Neurodiversity came up on my tumblr. After discussing it with the reps from AutistiQueers we decided to share it.

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Barriers to KM

Not #Kmb project is without complications. Here I talk about some of the common barriers in KM planning. #AutistiQueers #Collaboration #KMbResearch #researchimpact #disability #disabilityresearch #neurodiversity

Even though KM planning can make it easier to share knowledge, does not mean that it makes all barriers disappear. Here I will mention some common barriers to sharing knowledge.

Mistrust

When people do not understand the how knowledge is created or the people or group who hold the knowledge have little power there is a great deal of mistrust with the knowledge they have to share. Mistrust can be…

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Meeting Minutes June 27th

Community #KnowledgeMoblization Update and Minute Meeting July 27, 2018 #PAR #KMb #disability #autism

Apologies for the delay on this post.

There have been delays with this project overall. Traveling for conferences, still being on strike, and having to focus on paid work have been making it hard to move forward.

We do have positive news. There is interest in supporting the Zine, but limited time to get these people ready to take over work. The aim is to have them ready by the end of July. This…

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Stim Toys

Many people with neurodiverse brains, mental health, or disabilities are helped from having something to play with. It can help expend nervous energy, assist in managing issues with stimulation overload, or it can be a tool to help people stay focused.

A Toronto based person who is autistic, genderqueer and fat has been making stim toys, or what they call a spoonie bag, since 2014.

creatures

They…

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Disability Time

#disabilitytime is a idea that explores how work or organizing is done from a #disability view. #KM can benefit from learning about different views on time for when addressing #collaborations. #AutistiQueers disability #neurodiversity

We live in a society that focuses on using time effectively.  Finding the quickest way to complete a task while keeping the quality fairly well. This means that people are often pushed to complete work in a limited timeframe. Or they are expected to repeat a task so often that they can do the task quickly and with little thought.

Marxist theory talks about this in-depth through the topics of…

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KM Tools

There are some common elements in KM plans. Some of the most common skills, knowledge, or actions, I call, #KMb tools. Here are some of the KM tools I think are essential. #AutistiQueers #Collaboration #KMbResearch #researchimpact

Coming from a counseling background I am used to talking about toolboxes. These are not real spaces but are used to talk about the skills, actions, and tools that we have. These toolboxes hold all the things that help us reach a goal. It is a lingo that I have kept with me as I moved into working in knowledge mobilization.

In KM I view tools as the skills knowledge mobilizers develop, the models…

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Size of Organizing Group

#KMb planning rarely happens alone. But it is easier with a large or small group os people. Here are my opinions on the subject. #AutistiQueers #Collaboration #KMb #researchimpact #disability #disabilityresearch #neurodiversity

It is difficult to work on a project when there are only a few people involved. If one person gets sick, goes away, leaves the projects, or works slowly, the whole projects can just stop.

It is one of the reasons I, personally, like to work in a group of between 4 and 8 people. With this many people, work can be picked up by others or shared. This means there is a greater chance of meeting…

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Minutes May 23rd

The April meeting between AutistiQueer’s and I didn’t happen. We both forgot about it. We did manage to have a quick meeting today. Most of that discussion was about the need to get more volunteers to help manage the zine project. This process has been started and there are hopes that people will be in place by the next meeting.

We have been having delays because of the strike at York and…

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KM Models

#KMb models can help us develop how we will reach out #knowledgemoblization goals. Here are details on three KM models: linear, relationships, and systems. #AutistiQueers #Collaboration #KMbResearch #researchimpact #disabilityresearch

There are many different ways to run a PK project. I find it best to have a framework in place to help keep everyone involved on the same page.

Below I’m going to outline three of the commonly used models of KM. This is not to say that they are the only models connected to KM, they aren’t. But they are a good place to start. As we move forward I will share other forms of KM models or other…