I wander. My original destination is not completely forgotten, but I end up taking a circuitous route. I wander on the page and in my mind. I wander in the physical world, too. My wife complains that when we go anywhere, there’s always the chance I’ll wander away the moment I…
Month: August 2009
I came to the University of Minnesota because the Department of Rhetoric was not within English and was not a “college composition” department. I wanted to study the relationship between technology and writing. I wasn’t focused on autism or disabilities in general. I wanted to study online writing spaces, work…
I’m definitely leaving any and all cognitive research related to autism behind after 2010. I’m shifting back towards creative writing and, hopefully, new media rhetoric. I’m hoping to find a university where I can work on my poetry, scripts, and novels. Research is interesting, but the public conflict isn’t. (If…
I’ve written many times that the diagnostic rate for any condition is not the same as the actual prevalence. Examples of sudden “explosions” in diagnoses, abound, from various cancers to mental health conditions. In some cases, diagnoses were impossible. In others, conditions were clarified and reclassified by improved science. Anyway……
A few weeks ago, I pulled a muscle and the pain has been severe. Vicodin several times a day. Upset stomach. Lots of bed rest because moving was miserable. I’m finally starting to get back to moving about, with only minor pain in my right hip area, and my eyes…
More movies about autistics. Because apparently we’re fascinating fictional characters, or at least fictionalized. Asperger’s Syndrome, on Screen and in Life New York Times By Neil Amdur Aug. 3, 2009 The three new movies would seem to have little in common: a romantic comedy about Upper West Side singles, a…