If you are interested in booking me for a presentation, please send me an email at mdever@autisticrambler.com
Publications
How to be an Ally to the Autistic Community – Michael Cnudde, Moira Penna, Maddy Dever, AIDE Canada, May 2024
Comment être un allié de la communauté autiste – Michael Cnudde, Moira Penna, Maddy Dever, AIDE Canada, May 2024
From good to great: a redesign of quality improvement strategies for superior outcomes. Poster presentation at International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2024, Coury DL, Blackstien-Hirsch P, Fedele A, Anixt JS, Butter EM, Chung P, Hess A, Dever MJ. – Melbourne, Australia, May 15-18, 2024.
Fostering Inclusion Around Housing Transitions, Canadian Journal of Autism Equity, Vol 4 – April 2024
Moving From Autism Awareness to Acceptance – Language of Inclusion – Canadian Journal of Autism Equity, Vol 1 – April 2021
Policy Compendium:
The Development of a National Autism Strategy through Community and Stakeholder Engagement – Autism Alliance of Canada (formerly CASDA) – October 2020
Summer social skills Board Game – Autism Parenting Magazine – Issue 8 – June 2014
Presentations
Supporting Autistic Flourishing: Individual and Contextual Considerations – with Dr. Jonathan Weiss – Geneva Centre for Autism: Autism Symposium 2024 – October 30, 2024
Quality Community-Based Autism Care in Canada: Scaling-up ECHO AuDIO – Children’s Healthcare Canada – September 11, 2024
CDRH Patient Engagement Town Hall: Considering Neurodevelopmental Conditions in Device Development – September 5, 2024
What I Wish I Knew as an Autistic Teen – Take 2! – ECHO Popup Summer 2024 – with Moira Robertson – July 31, 2024
Supporting Housing Transitions with Community Connectors – CALS 2024, Ottawa On – April 17-19 2024
Creating a Meaningful Life: Pre-employment and Employment Supports for Neurodivergent Individuals – Profectum Conference April 14, 2024
Life and Advocacy with an Autistic – Family ECHO Autism – January 17, 2024
Chasing the Unicorn – Affordable and Accessible Housing in Ontario – December 4, 2023
After the Diagnosis – Autism Speaks US – November 30 2023
What I Wish I Knew as an Autistic Teen – ECHO Popup Summer 2023 – with Moira Robertson – August 2, 2023
Housing Through an Autism Lens: Moving Forward Together – ECOH: Expert Community on Housing (CMHC) – June 27, 2023
Housing Panel – Public Health Agency of Canada – Autism Summit – November 2022
Living with Autism as an Adult: Personal Narratives from Parents and Caregivers – Thought Leadership Summit on Autism and Aging – June 2022
Basic Income NOW – The Importance of Doubling ODSP NOW! – Basic Income Now Rally Toronto, on – May 14 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
Collaborative Initiatives: Recipe for Success and Lessons Learned from the Building Integrated Autism and Mental Health Capacity Training Project – Children’s Mental Health Ontario Conference 2024 – November 18, 2024
Guest Lecturer
University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, Sir Wilfred Laurier University, OISE, Children’s Treatment Network, Kids Inclusive, University of Victoria, Norquest College
Profiles
In The Media
Supporting autistic children and teens to live their best lives, Holland Bloorview Hospital, April 30, 2024
Tech Company Working With Police Across Canada to Justify Higher Police Budgets Lobbied City of Toronto, Press Progress, December 7, 2022
“Plan to Build” Fails Those Most Vulnerable – Ontario Disability Coalition, November 15 2022
‘It breaks my heart’: Ontarians on social assistance are struggling even more amid inflation, Kat Escher, 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. – Version francais
People with disabilities demand accessible housing. Feds must act on this housing crisis, Accessible Housing Now, August 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
Summative content analysis of the recommendations from Project ECHO Ontario Autism, Jane, Kanigsberg, Patel, Eldon, Anagnostou, Brian and Penner – Frontiers in Rehabilitative Science – March 2023
Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19: A report card on child and family poverty in Ontario in 2020, Ricardo Tranjan and Randy Robinson – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Ontario, February 2023
Housing Affordability, My Mother Named Me Sunshine, June 28, 2023
The Outdated Language of Autism ‘Awareness’ Month – Meg Hartley, Medium, April 28, 2023
The Outdated Language of Autism ‘Awareness’ Month , Meg Hartley, The Progressive Magazine, April 28, 2023
Recommended Citation
“Autism in Canada“, Jones, Errin, (2020).
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1084.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1084
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
Autistic Tidbits & Tangents Podcast – Episode 7 Parenting & Autism
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