Parenting as a Person with a Disability
TAP/IDHD/LEND Webinar Series
September 23, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
Cost
FREE
Calendar
Download iCal FileIn this webinar, researcher-advocate and parental figure Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon, Jr. will provide resources to help parents and parental figures with disabilities and their children thrive, including organizations and support groups for parents with disabilities, legal resources, and inclusive parenting classes. He will also share insights on what it is like to be a godparent and parent with I/DD.
Date posted
Sep 8, 2026
Date updated
Sep 10, 2026
Speakers
Timotheus (TJ) Gordon Jr | Research Associate II | IDHD/Chicagoland DPOCC
Timotheus “T.J.” Gordon Jr., MFA, MS, is a research associate at the Institute on Disability and Human Development at University of Illinois Chicago. Gordon uses his passion for self-advocacy, racial equity, disability culture, and autism acceptance to create webinars, training sessions, and publications on autism and race, inclusion in communities of color, exploration of sexuality in the disability community, coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health emergency services, and more. He is also a co-founder of Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition (Chicagoland DPOCC), which is supported by the Institute on Disability and Human Development. Chicagoland DPOCC is a group of disabled people of color in the Chicagoland area that promotes disability pride, self-advocacy, and inclusion in communities of color. In addition to his self-advocacy work, Gordon has written essays and reviews on disability and race. His writings and cultural insights appear in the Disability Studies Review, the “All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism” anthology, "Code of the Freaks" documentary, and ADA 30 in Color.