This is something I’ve touched on in this blog, however briefly: the wonderful (or not so wonderful) world of autism and so-called official diagnoses. Among other not-so-pleasant things, autism is frequently depicted as the newest “trend diagnosis,” especially within online circles. We only need look to Dennis Leary’s or Michael Savage’s tirades this past summer [...]
Last year, I took a seminar in disability studies with Brenda Brueggemann and created a webtext for my final project — a webtext on autism and embodied authorship. This past summer, while attending the Digital Media and Composition Institute (DMAC), I did a complete overhaul on my webtext and received lots of good advice from [...]
Ugh. Autism Speaks has launched a series of college/university chapters, a program that started at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. My university, Ohio State, is currently in the process of forming its own chapter. Over the past month, three people have tried to “recruit” me for it. My unabashed disgust for Autism Speaks [...]
Using awstats, I keep tabs on how people (and spambots) end up at my blog — what sites have referred them, how often they visit and how long they stay at my blog, and, most interestingly, what search terms and phrases have led them here. So, compiled below, I’ve addressed what I feel are the [...]
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 [...]
