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Posts about colleges and universities.

Podcast Episode 118 – Scot Marken on College and Autism

Podcast 0118; Season 7, Episode 11; 10 September 2024 Scot Marken of EdRedefined.com, recorded on 4-Oct-2023 https://www.edredefined.com/ EdRedefined was created to make college and other postsecondary programs more inclusive, help students build their skills, and provide ongoing support so that students will thrive and be happy. OUR APPROACH We believe…

Classroom Bias Against Autistics

Classroom spaces, physical and virtual, present numerous barriers to academic achievement for disabled students. Compound these spaces with ableist teaching practices and it is little wonder schooling traumatizes many students. “Today’s classrooms better meet the social and academic needs of students,” I’ve heard experts proclaim. Really? Which students? Surely not…

Podcast Episode 049 – Higher Education during COVID-19

Podcast Episode 0049; Season 04, Episode 13; November 24, 2020 Daniel Sansing and I discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic encourages colleges and universities to reconsider how we support autistic students in higher education. Is online education an accommodation or does it leave out important life skills? Daniel Sansing, MEd., Literacy and Second Language…

Podcast Episode 038 – Autistic Me, Making Others Uncomfortable

Podcast Episode 0038; Season 04, Episode 02; September 1, 2020 To my disappointment, but not surprise, the most-read blog post on The Autistic Me discusses the research on autistics making other people uncomfortable from the moment they meet us. I have taught business courses for several years. As part of…

Podcast Episode 027 – Struggles as a Student and Educator

Podcast Episode 0027; Season 02, Episode 13; February 8, 2019 Too often I hear people suggest that education, especially higher education, is somehow the ideal career path for autistics. It might be good for some, but education has proven to be an impossible path for me. If I had focused on…

Podcast Episode 016 – Autistic Artist Bobby Roma, Part 1

Podcast 0016; Season 02, Episode 02, September 11, 2018 Interview with visual artist Bobby Roma, part one. Bobby reflects on his experiences in the workplace and his pursuit of a career in the film industry. Bobby and I share a passion for filmmaking and the visual arts. We’re also close in age,…