Wikipedia:Meetup/Neurodiversity/October 2023

This Edit-a-thon is focused on increasing the quality and amount of content about topics related to neurodiversity in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms, thereby increasing the accessibility of this information to the wider online community. It is open to everyone.

This event will take place asynchronously over 2 days, Thursday and Friday, 12 and 13 October, 2023 globally and virtually. On Thursday, 12 October, we will have a meeting to chat about the event and efforts to improve content about neurodiversity on Wikipedia

Event information

 * Dates: Thurs/Fri 12-13 October, 2023 (2 days, asynchronous)
 * Meeting Information: Thursday, 12 October, 4:00-5:00pm GMT/UTC+0 (9:00am-10:00 PT/12:00-1:00pm ET). Find your local time here: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1697126400
 * Meeting Location: Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84447413505?pwd=N1JZYUhRWVUxMnBQY21RUmI2ZkxnQT09
 * Description:This event is an Edit-a-thon to create, revise, and add to entries on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

Participants
Please add your Wikipedia username to list below if you plan on participating:
 * 1) Hexatekin (talk) 17:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * 2) Gufo46 (talk) 17:35, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * 3) Egezort (talk) 18:19, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * 4) Samthony (talk) 20:24, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
 * 5)   Bluerasberry   (talk)  14:00, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

What can I work on?
The theme for this edit-a-thon is neurodiversity. You can create or enhance Wikipedia articles, add external links,  verify and update citations, provide resources to help those writing articles, assist with research, translate articles, and more. Please add articles in need of improvement or creation to the lists below to suggest to other editors. Editing in all languages encouraged!

Articles in need of improvement
Please add articles in need of improvement to this list. WikiProject Autism also has lists of open tasks and article alerts we can work on.
 * Neurodiversity - currently has an "unfocused" flag in enWiki
 * Social model of disability - currently has a "neutrality" flag in enWiki
 * Judy Singer - coined the term "neurodiversity"
 * Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders
 * Sanism
 * Masking (personality)
 * Autistic masking
 * Autism and LGBT identities
 * Julia (Sesame Street)
 * Autism CARES Act of 2014
 * Imitation
 * Nöroçeşitlilik in tr Wikipedia - Can also be improved using the content in English article

Articles in need of creation

 * Book: Neurodiversity: The Birth of an Idea (2016) by Judy Singer
 * Spectrum Women Magazine https://www.spectrumwomen.com/
 * Harvey Blume (journalist)
 * Hamish Steele (comic artist)
 * AuDHD (high rates of comorbidity between autism and ADHD)

Articles to be translated

 * Autism and LGBT identities (From English)
 * Autistic Pride Day (from English)
 * Autism rights movement (from English)

Resources for Research

 * https://merhabaspektrum.com/glossary/ can be used to enter Turkish descriptions to Wikidata or create lexemes

Useful templates

 * Template:Infobox person
 * Biographies of Living Persons

Articles improved

 * List any improvements you made you want to share!
 * Neurodiversity and labor rights
 * Wiki99/neurodiversity Wiki99 project created