Readers of The Autistic Me blog and listeners to The Autistic Me Podcast want to learn from #AutisticVoices and #ActuallyAutistic people. Followers of @AutisticMe on Twitter and Facebook send many direct messages with questions best answered by other Autistics — and you might be the expert we need on the…
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Podcast 0051; Season 04, Episode 15; December 29, 2020 This episode features reflections on being an Autistic Podcaster and Blogger. Every blog post and podcast episode takes a great deal of effort. I know it takes me more effort than it should. I know writers who manage to post daily…
Followers of The Autistic Me blog and podcast send along emails and direct social media messages with topic suggestions and questions. Many of these, I have answered in the past. I try to address private questions when asked, as well. What questions should I be addressing? Which topics are valuable to…
I wrote in my last blog post that teaching was taking a toll on my body. Friday night, I ended up in the emergency room after coughing blood for several hours. Blood is usually not a good sign. After x-rays, CT scans, and various tests, it was decided I have…
Here we are at the end of 2017 and the preparations are underway for the previously announced “big changes” for The Autistic Me. Most obvious, the blog is moving. Okay, it has moved but the historical content has yet to be migrated. The full migration of posts will take me several…
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…
“You didn’t blog on Autism Awareness day?” No, I did not. I did not post about the pros or the cons or the whatevers of autism awareness. This is my annual call to focus on things other than autism when it comes to autistics and their lives. The point of…
The Autistic Me was selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 50 Autism Blogs Blogs on the web. http://blog.feedspot.com/autism_blogs/ Thank you…
The Autistic Me goes in cycles, as do most blogs, based on my “free” time (irony quotes) for this endeavor. Since it isn’t a paying gig, it has to come after work, school, and family. I’m sure most readers understand that. In January, I resumed work towards my MFA, something…
I have been away from blogging to deal with some family matters, and I honestly don’t have much to add to the autism community at this time. One of the questions that I’ve received a few times during the month, “Will you review NeuroTribes?” Although I consider Steve Silberman‘s work…