P. N. Douglas
Department of Humanities, Social Science & Social Justice Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6
Canada

Patty Douglas is a PhD candidate in the Department of Humanities, Social Science & Social Justice Education, at the University of Toronto.  Her work in interpretive sociology, women’s and disability studies focuses on the cultural context of autism and disability as occasions to theorize and work towards more liberatory practices in educational, medical and mothering contexts.  She is also currently an adjunct professor of sociology at George Brown College in Toronto, and is the mother of an Asperger’s-identified son and former special education teacher.