The curious incident of the vote at the book club
The first time I read Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was by force: I was in a graduate seminar on disability studies and the novel was part of the assigned reading....
View ArticleSelf-indulgent narratives
I’ve been reading a lot of stuff lately — and by stuff, I mean several articles that, per academic ritual, I should probably cite right here — stuff that deals with the role of the author in a...
View ArticleBinaries
Who can speak in the autism conversation? This is the question I keep returning to. Frequently, when I suggest that autism doesn’t need a cure — or that many autistics don’t want a cure — I’m greeted...
View ArticleNATTAP Conference, Part 1
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...
View ArticleNATTAP Conference, Part 2
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...
View ArticleLetter to Gordon Gee, part 2
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...
View ArticleAutism on the beach
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...
View ArticleThat’s just your autism talking (and other phrases that shouldn’t appear in...
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...
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