In The Media
Media & Publication Contributions
Here’s a collection featuring Wanda.
Featured Article
“‘I was diagnosed at 46’: Waterloo mom calls late autism diagnosis a relief”
(Waterloo Chronicle)

Articles
ARTICLE: International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
October 2023
Embracing Neurodiversity: Building an Inclusive Future
ARTICLE: Plans and Trusts
September 2023
Working Toward Neurodiversity Inclusion
ARTICLE: Waterloo Chronicle
May 2023
‘I was diagnosed at 46’: Waterloo mom calls late autism diagnosis a relief
ARTICLE: Eastern Workforce Innovation Board (as originally published in The Globe and Mail)
December 2021
How are workplaces supporting Canadian workers with disabilities?
ARTICLE: Reader’s Digest
November 2020
I Was 46 When I Discovered I Was Autistic. Suddenly My Life Made Sense
ARTICLE: Broadview
March 2020
I learned I had autism at 46. I now understand myself.
Podcasts & Video
PODCAST: The Universal Workforce Institute
October 2023
Wanda talks about why accessibility needs to be included in DE&I, the need for representation of women with autism, and how neuroinclusivity efforts benefit everyone in the process.
VIDEO: LSO 2023 Volunteer Award Presentation: Wanda Deschamps
May 2023
Life Sciences Ontario
VIDEO: Accessible Media Interview
May 2022
Invisible Disabilities
(Wanda’s segment begins at 10:43)
VIDEO: AutiTalks
March 2022
Wanda shares her journey as an autistic woman diagnosed late in life and discusses a number of topics such as inclusion at work
Contributions
ORAL PRESENTATION: Gender, neurodivergence and work: Autistic women’s employment experiences in the Canadian context
Nordic Network on Disability research, 2023 Annual Conference
Chawrun I, Tint A, Mistry B, Deschamps W, Dussault A, Holleymeyer C, Spoelstra M, Jetha A, Gignac M, Lai MC, Hamdani Y. (2023, May 11).
RESEARCH: The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, 2023
Page 68
BOOK: Entrepreneurship, Neurodiversity & Gender
Dinah Bennett & Yolanda K. Gibb © 2022
Page 13 (of Introduction)
BOOK: Navigating the Messy Middle
by Ann Douglas © 2022
Acknowledgements page 226