My MFA in Film and Digital Technology was supposed to be finished in December, 2016. A spinal nerve with its anterior and posterior roots. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It wasn’t. The degree will be a semester late, at least. I had one infection after another, anemia, emergency room visits, blood and…
Month: May 2017
When I talk to groups, the three categories of questions are: school, workplace, and relationship. There are plenty of books and experts on the school issues. Plenty of debates, too. Whatever you want to believe, there’s probably an “expert” with that opinion. As an educator, I have plenty to say…
The headline is in jest, but The Autistic Me is closing in on 1000 followers on Facebook and I know the Twitter account has some traffic. I’ve updated the blog design, in another attempt to increase traffic. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/autisticme/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/autisticme Blogging and other forms of writing are what I do…
One of our Facebook and Twitter followers asked: “Are you sick often? My son is.” Ask my wife or my mother… or even my college students. I am susceptible to everything. It stinks. Oh, yes. Definitely. I’m sick right now. It seems like I’m sick twice as many days as I…
Networking is part of developing a career. This is true of any career, including that of writer / scholar. If you want someone to publish or produce your works, you have to be social. You have to be known. Yes, there are exceptions to this rule, artists able to succeed…
Some books and noted speakers make the case that academia is one of the better career paths for autistic adults capable of completing the required education. I’m unconvinced this is good advice for anyone, much less autistic individuals. Let me begin with the academic job market. Even within STEM fields,…