Engineering Justice: An Interview with Expert T.J. Gordon
By Rowan Dunbar, C2ST Intern, University of Illinois Chicago
In part one, Engineering Justice: Centering Disabled Voices in STEMM, we learned more about how STEMM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) need to incorporate disabled folks to create more innovative science. To dive deeper into the issues currently faced by disabled folks in the workforce and academia, I spoke with Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon, Jr., an autistic researcher and disability advocate. He has done work surrounding intersectionality within the disabled community, specifically neurodiversity and the black community, sexuality and disability, and self-advocacy.
