Seeing strengths, not deficits: Grant Bruno brings Indigenous knowledge to neurodiversity (McGill Reporter)
When Grant Bruno delivers his keynote at McGill University December 3 to mark the 2025 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, he’ll be inviting the audience to imagine a different way of understanding neurodiversity, one grounded not in deficits, but in belonging.
Autism House Founders on Working Toward Autonomy and Choice for Autistic Adults
As co-founders of Autism House, Rosemary and Xavier have spent more than five years developing living, learning, and support environments that recognize the strengths of autistic adults, in close collaboration with researchers and the TACC network.
Learning beyond borders: Danae Penichet attends the GIS Autisme et TND Conference
Through a partnership between TACC, CanNRT, and GIS Autisme et TND, PhD candidate Danae Penichet represented Canada in Paris, advancing inclusive and collaborative neurodevelopmental research.
Where research meets real life: Geneviève Côté-Leblanc
As a parent and caregiver, Geneviève Côté-Leblanc sees research as a vital toolbox for supporting autistic people and their families. Her story highlights how science and lived experience can come together to make daily life better.
Understanding brain plasticity in childhood: Graziella Di Cristo
Graziella Di Cristo studies how brain circuits develop during early life and how their plasticity shapes learning, behaviour, and vulnerability to neurodevelopmental conditions.
Advancing preventive and personalized care through AI and neuroscience: Guillaume Dumas
A researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine, Mila, and Université de Montréal, Guillaume Dumas focuses on translating theories of social cognition into open, accessible methods that make a real impact in people’s lives.
Exploring stress, well-being, and inclusion with adolescents and adults: Stéphanie-M. Fecteau
Stéphanie-M. Fecteau, Professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, studies stress, well-being, and social inclusion among autistic adolescents and adults, often through innovative and collaborative approaches such as animal-assisted interventions.
Understanding how early experiences shape the developing brain: Edward Ruthazer
Edward Ruthazer, James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, studies how brain circuits form and adapt, with the hope of better understanding pathways that influence neurodevelopmental differences.
Bridging lived experience and research: Co-design in practice with Mathieu Giroux
Mathieu Giroux, an autistic co-researcher and speaker, was drawn to research by a need to understand a disconnect: the difference between how he experiences autism and how it is defined in clinical and academic settings.
Redefining empathy: Noémie Cusson’s journey as an autistic researcher in neurodevelopment
From QART fellow to national co-design leader, Noémie Cusson is reshaping how autism research is conducted—with empathy, inclusivity, and purpose at its core.