What does it mean to be autistic? Like many diagnosed later in life, I turned to books for some answers. The autistic label was applied to me during my first year in a doctoral program. That was also the academic year I started this blog. Among the books I read…
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As a blogger and podcaster, I missed most of February and March of 2019. This academic year has overwhelmed me physically and emotionally, and I admit I’m not up to the workload required of a full-time instructor with 140 students. The expectation that college writing instructors can and should have…
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…