During my second week as a new faculty member, I was involuntarily committed to the psych ward at the university hospital. I would say that I make this statement against my better judgment, but such a sentiment presupposes that I have better judgment. (Which, according to my ex-doctors, I don’t.) My commitment had a slow-motion [...]
I’ve noticed a common cover design in recent autism books: that of a child, usually a boy, hovering near a body of water. In fact, the more memoirs I read, the more I tend to notice this autie-water depiction. These representations appear on books I love, books I despise, and books I feel luke-warm about. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I wrote the following blurb for the Asperger’s/HFA group I’m a part of, Aspirations. Some version of this will be appearing in the December newsletter. Last week, I was able to spend some time at the NATTAP Conference (Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs). On Friday, November 21, I hopped on the #2 [...]
