Marty Lampkin is an Afro-Caribbean woman who lives by her motto, "my ancestors did not die for me to remain silent."
She is a strong advocate and educator on the intersection of Anti-Black Racism for Black people living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), intellectual disabilities and neurodiversity.
Marty’s leadership has led to the founding of the first Anti Racism Black Cultural Awareness Group within a leading developmental disability and autism agency in the city of Toronto. She not only created a safe space for Black-identifying clinicians across the agency, but led the development of Anti-Black Racism education and training for both leadership and frontline staff.
Marty has consulted on discrimination issues within the disability sector and has developed a unique program for Black adults with ASD. Her work has highlighted how Black families experience a lack of culturally-appropriate care and increased incidents of racism when trying to access support for their children living with complex disabilities.
Marty also developed a community program, Racism affects me too, which focuses on the impacts of Anti-Black Racism on individuals living with intellectual disabilities or ASD.
As a professor in George Brown College’s School of Community and Social Services, she is an advocate, educator and consultant on issues of Anti-Black Racism, Anti-Oppression and Ableism, and has contributed to the development of a Black Futures Campus Hub Space to provide supports to staff, faculty and students.