If you are interested in booking me for a presentation, please send me an email at mdever@autisticrambler.com
Publications
Moving From Autism Awareness to Acceptance – Language of Inclusion – Canadian Journal of Autism Equity – April 2021
Summer social skills Board Game – Autism Parenting Magazine – Issue 8 – June 2014
Presentations
Living with Autism as an Adult: Personal Narratives from Parents and Caregivers – Thought Leadership Summit on Autism and Aging – June 2022
Housing Through An Autism Lens – CASDA Leadership Summit 2022 – April 2022
“End the Wait: Addressing the Shortfall in Disability Supports and Services in Canada” – Disability Work Canada 2021 Conference – December 6, 2021
“The Language of Acceptance – Changing the Language of Autism and Disability” – AEBC International Day for Persons with Disabilities Conference 2021 – December 4, 2021
It takes a village: Stakeholder engagement as a critical lens for the National Strategy Development and Implementation KBHN Conference 2021 – November 2021
Navigating Engagement and Advocacy on the International Stage – OCALICONLINE 2021 – November 23, 2021
Housing through an Autism Lens – OCALICONLINE 2021 – November 22, 2021
Partnering with Individuals with Autism and their Families in Research – TAAC – April 12th, 2021
AIDE Canada Webinar on Housing, February 2021
Shifting Perspectives in Autism: Gaining an Understanding of Neurodiversity, Identity-First Language and Autism Acceptance, November 2020
An Autistic reflection on CASDA Ignite Networks Session – CASDA Summit 2020, October 2020
ECHO Ontario Autism Summer 2020 Popup – Autism Acceptance, August 2020
Upcoming Presentations
Keynote Speaker – Autistic Leadership Conference – Autistic Pride Day 2023 – June 17 2023
Housing Panel – Public Health Agency of Canada – Autism Summit – November 2023
Profiles
In The Media
‘It breaks my heart’: Ontarians on social assistance are struggling even more amid inflation, tvo.org, September 19, 2022
‘I feel landlocked’: Accessible transit users call for more options in Ottawa, CTVNews Ottawa, July 11, 2022
Thousands of Ontarians find social assistance system slow, frustrating: survey, QP Briefing, May 27, 2022
ODSP RECIPIENT, ADVOCATES CRITICIZE LOW DISABILITY SUPPORT RATE PROMISES FROM MAJOR PARTIES, QP Briefing, May 9, 2022
What’s Wrong with ODSP? CBC Radio – Ontario Today, May 2, 2022
ODSP Rally – Ontario Disability Coalition Media Conference, CHCH, April 28,2022
Recognizing the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, AMI The Pulse, November 27, 2021
Autistic adults help develop pathway to independent living, CMHC, October 8, 2021
CBC Ottawa about the Housing through an Autism Lens project in early April 2021., CBC Ottawa, April 2021
Concerns grow over staffing crisis in Ontario home care system, Globe and Mail, February 27, 2021
‘Autism isn’t a thing. It’s how we go about things’ – Bloom, October 9, 2020
Some families still waiting for COVID-19 government funding – Bancroft This Week – May 19, 2020
Want to fix autism services in Ontario? Province must communicate better: parent, CBC Hamilton, June 25, 2019
Ontario Announces Autism Advisory Panel
AMI Radio Interview – June 24, 2019
Citations
Changing conversations around autism: A critical, action implicative discourse analysis of U.S. neurodiversity advocacy online (dissertation, 2015) – Jessica M F Hughes, quoted a tweet from April 2 2015
Podcasts/Lives
Across the Desk – CASDA – Introducing the Canadian Journal of Autism Equity
Across the Desk – CASDA – After the Launch of CJAE
Across the Desk – CASDA – Information Systems
YA! Podcast – The Art of Feeling by Laura Tims
YA! Podcast – Those Who Run In The Sky by Aviaq Johnston
YA! Podcast – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ft. Matt Dever
AMI Radio – Now With Dave Brown – International Day for Persons With Disabilities
Instagram Live – #DoubleODSPNow – FoodChoice Toronto , May 27, 2022
Audio & Voice Work
Sara L Fiendar – Short film – Released December 2015
Gremlins 2 Trailer – audio recreated
Lilo & Stitch – She’s touching me!
Ottawa Power Wheelchair Hockey League – Power Surge Promotional Video