Mishel Alexandrovsky

Mishel Alexandrovsky is an autistic PhD student in Psychology at the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Mishel’s doctoral research focuses on reappraising and refining experimental tasks and interventions in autism research through mixed methods, participatory approaches, and neurodiversity-affirming frameworks.

Mishel has led and contributed to research resulting in peer-reviewed publications on camouflaging, cross-neurotype social evaluation, autistic identity, and mental health in autistic people.

Mishel has also received competitive national and international funding as a principal investigator, including the Predoctoral Fellowship for Autistic Scientists and the Canadian Neurodevelopmental Research Training Fellowship.

Alongside research, Mishel brings experience in teaching, supervision, peer review, academic service, and knowledge translation across clinical, academic, and public-facing contexts. Mishel is particularly committed to advancing initiatives that centre lived experience, challenge deficit-based models, and translate evidence into meaningful change.

Mishel’s interests align strongly with NCF’s commitment to lived-experience leadership, practical systems redesign, and research translation in support of neurodiversity-affirming practice and neuroinclusion.