I returned from holiday festivities to find President Gee’s response to my letter in my mailbox. Here is what he wrote: December 15, 2008 Dear Melanie: Thank you for your thoughtful letter in response to my remarks at the Autism Speaks event. I am very glad to know that you are here at Ohio State [...]
I have not yet received a response from Gordon Gee about the letter I sent to him last month. I have, however, received lots of other responses — responses that run the gamut. I forwarded my letter to the central Ohio chapter of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, which then circulated the main listserv, which was [...]
Apparently, there are a lot of people who fake Asperger’s on the internet. Or, at the very least, apparently there are a lot of people who, whether or not they have Asperger’s, use Asperger’s as an excuse for ridiculous behavior. Key word: apparently. Enter Luke McKinney’s The 5 Most Retarded Causes People Are Actually Fighting [...]
On November 19, I participated in a panel at NATTAP. Now in my fourth year of graduate study, I’ve presented at several academic conferences. This conference, however, was unlike any I’ve previously attended. I suppose, more than an academic conference, it was a “professional” conference (though that lexical distinction remains somewhat fuzzy in my brain [...]
