Safia Abdulle

Journal Publications

Abdulle, S. (2025). An Intersection of Race and Disability: A Critical Analysis of the Racial Inequities in Autism and Neurodivergent Disability Diagnoses for Black Children. Canadian Journal of Autism Equity, 5(1), 22–42. https://doi.org/10.15173/cjae.v5i1.5986

Abdulle, S. (2024). Outside of the Norm: On Blackness and Neurodivergence in the Workplace. Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture, Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 5. DOI: 10.9707/2833-1508.1195

Brunelle, K., Abdulle, S., & Gorey, K. M. (2019). Anxiety and Depression Among Socioeconomically Vulnerable Students with LD: Exploratory Meta-Analysis. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 37, 359–367.

Conference Presentations

Abdulle, S. (2025, June). A Different Way of Knowing and Being: Afrocentric Epistemologies and Perspectives of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [Conference paper presentation]. Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Conference, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON.

Abdulle, S. (2025, May). Examining the Problematization of Black Youth Behaviours: Implications for Social Work Practice [Conference paper presentation]. Canadian Social Work Doctoral Student Network (CSWDSN) Conference, Toronto, ON.

Abdulle, S. (2025, January). Re-Conceptualizing Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disability in Critical Social Science Paradigms and Approaches [Conference paper presentation]. Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (AHSE), Hawaii University International Conferences, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Abdulle, S. (2024, June). Re-Examining Difference: Towards an Anti-Racist, Neurodiversity Affirming Social Work Practice [Conference paper presentation]. Canadian Association for Social Work Education Conference at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC.

Abdulle, S. (2023, June). Anti-Black Ableism: On Black Neurodiversity Research [Conference paper presentation]. Canadian Association for Social Work Education Conference at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, York University, Toronto, ON.

Baird, A., Truong, M., Wang, Y., Abdulle, S., McAuley, T., & Zikic, K. (2015, August). Age Stereotyping Effects and Executive NIH Toolbox Measures [Conference poster presentation]. American Psychological Association Conference, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON.

Abdulle, S., & Hakim-Larson, J. (2015). Ethnic Identity, Cultural Values, and Sibling Relationship Quality [Conference poster presentation]. Undergraduate Thesis Research Conference, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON.