In this episode, Bruce introduces Kara to his friend, Kalyce Carter, a disability justice- and accessiblity advocate and artist. They were awesome to chat with on all things, from the work of accessibility, the arts, late diagnosis and the importance of frameworks for understanding, Black autistic representation, advice for white (autistic) allies, and so much more. Two hours flew by, and we could easily have continued... Another time, we hope!
Guest Bio: Kalyce Carter (they/them) is a Tkaronto-based multidisciplinary artist, facilitator, and speaker whose work is rooted in disability justice, race, grief, liberation, and collective care. Kalyce weaves lived experience with precise structural and cultural critique to unpack the institutional, social, and the subsequent material conditions that sculpt our lives. Kalyce brings a powerful blend of lived experience, an MA in Critical Disability Studies, community-based knowledge, and a deep sincerity to everything they do.
Socials: @itskalyce on all platforms
Thing(s) of the Day:
The show "Chewing Gum"
The film "Lara St. John"
Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1989(1). https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8
Shaw, S. C. K., Fossi, A., Carravallah, L. A., Rabenstein, K., Ross, W., & Doherty, M. (2023). The experiences of autistic doctors: A cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1160994Sinclair, J. (2005). Autism network international: The development of a community and its culture. AuTreat. http://web. syr. edu/jisincla/History_of_ANI
Williams, G. L., Ellis, R., Holloway, W., Caemawr, S., Craine, M., Williams, K., & Grant, A. (2025). “Building our own house” as an insider-only community-partnered participatory research council: Co-creating a safe space for Autistic knowledge production. Autism, 29(9), 2205–2215. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241253014
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