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…
Tag: education
Podcast 042; Season 4, Episode 6; October 6, 2020 Being correct matters a lot to me. When I don’t know something for certain, I look it up in a book or online. Like many autistics, there are topics about which I am passionate, leading me to collect a lot of books.…
In 2017, I set an older recording of my “Personal Teaching Statement” to kinetic text, an animated abridged transcript of sorts. The speech was more about my community than me, as I wanted to capture the classism, racism, and ableism I observed as a student. The intolerance of teachers is…
Trauma comes in many forms. I don’t wish to suggest they are all equal — they are not. But this blog post discusses the emotional abuse teachers intentionally and unintentionally inflict on students. As a teacher, I’m sure I’ve said things that upset a student over the last 30 years.…
Updating some notes on my life, for both personal reasons and to reconsider the aborted autobiography on life without knowing you are autistic, is depressing. A long list of personal and professional failings. Writing is my refuge, even though I haven’t made a career of it. When I get paid…
The end of a school year normally comes with a sigh of relief. Instead, this year ended COVID-19 style, accompanied with anxiety about the future of schools, teachers, and even if our daughters will be on campus in August. This was our first year in Texas, so both girls were…
While many people seem eager for a “return to normal” as we shelter-at-home during the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m not ready for normal. The coronavirus situation only reinforces how comfortable my wife and I are not running around town or dashing about just to be doing something different. This isn’t to…
And so the “Coronavirus Disease 2019” (COVID-19) has led to the cancellation of my medical appointments (including a minor surgery) , the closure of our YMCA, an extended spring break for our daughters, runs on basic grocery items, a national toilet paper shortage (that isn’t real, but caused by panic),…
We are all more than what observers believe us to be. It’s been brought to my attention that The Autistic Me blog and podcast have been located and read by potential employers. I am not The Autistic Me, and anyone assuming to know me from this blog alone — or…
Severe test anxiety haunts me. I hate exams of any kind. Like many people, I feel sick leading up to any test and I feel uncertain of my knowledge. I worry for weeks before a test, during the test, and for the time after the test until I receive my…