Michelle Dawson

Michelle Dawson
Born	1961 (age 64–65)
Known for	criticisms regarding ABA-based autism interventions, research on enhanced perceptual functioning and strengths of autistic people as well as autistic intelligence
Scientific career
Fields	Autism research
Institutions	Autism Specialized Clinic of Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies

Website	No Autistics Allowed: Explorations in discrimination against autistics

Neurodiversity paradigm

Philosophy Autistic rights movement Bodily autonomy Disability rights movement Independent living movement Self-advocacy
Organizations Aspies For Freedom Autism Network International Autistic Self Advocacy Network National Autistic Society
Events Autism Acceptance Day & Month Autism History Month Autistic Pride Day Autscape Disability Day of Mourning Neurodiversity Celebration Week Weird Pride Day
Issues Ableism Anti-autism All in a Row Applied behavior analysis Augmentative and alternative communication Autism-friendly Autism Speaks Autism therapies Autistic masking Communication Shutdown Community integration Conditions comorbid to autism Controversies in autism Deinstitutionalisation Disability-selective abortion Double empathy problem Employment Supported employment Ethical challenges to autism treatment Eugenics Facilitated communication Filicide Inclusion in education Inclusion as a right Judge Rotenberg Center Mortality of autistic individuals Neurodiversity and labor rights Social model of disability Societal and cultural aspects of autism Suicide among people with autism Universal design Universal Design for Learning Violence
People Alex Plank Ari Ne'eman Damian Milton Daniel Lightwing Devon Price Donna Williams govy Greta Thunberg Jim Sinclair John Elder Robison Josef Schovanec Judy Singer Julia Bascom Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown Mel Baggs Michelle Dawson Morénike Giwa Onaiwu Morton Ann Gernsbacher Nick Walker Robert Chapman Roy Richard Grinker Shain Neumeier Steve Silberman William Davenport M. Remi Yergeau
Films Citizen Autistic Deej Loving Lampposts Neurotypical
Criticism Pro-cure perspective National Council on Severe Autism Matthew Belmonte Manuel Casanova Jill Escher Michael Fitzpatrick Bruce Hall David Miedzianik Jonathan Mitchell Alysson Muotri Jonathan Shestack Alison Singer

Michelle Dawson (born 1961) is a Canadian autism researcher who was diagnosed with autism in 1993–1994. Since 2004, she has worked as an autism researcher affiliated with the Autism Specialized Clinic of Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.