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…
The Autistic Me
August 9, 2024, was my final day as an instructor at Texas A&M University. The university is considered one of the best in Texas, and I was honored to teach there, but I was unhappy and unhealthy. Those two probably go together, with some uncertainty as to which is the…
Podcast 0117; Season 7, Episode 10; 03 September 2024 Jason Dietrich, Neurodiverse STEM Educator; originally recorded on 15 September 2023 Jason Dietrich writes: I am interested in increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM as well as building a solid foundation for STEM literacy. Ours is a technology-based society, therefore, I…
I whimpered my way to the end of summer. Summer Term II ended on August 9, 2024, and a few days later, I developed a headache and sinus congestion. I assumed the headache resulted from severe allergies, which would be expected for this time of year. After reading that the…
Podcast 0116; Season 7, Episode 9; 25 July 2024 Dez Rock: Tech CEO on the Benefits of ADHD Originally Recorded 13 September 2023 Dez Rock is the CEO of SIEMonster, and a neurodivergent leader. Dez knows that having ADHD has been anything but a detriment to her career – her…
Podcast 0115; Season 7, Episode 8; 10 July 2024 NOTE: Originally Recorded 18 August 2023 Jenny Sandler and HomeschoolUK.com Jenny Sandler is an experienced educator working with autistic children and adolescents both in and out of school. She holds an M.A. in literacy and an M.Ed. in autism in children.…
Podcast 0114; Season 7, Episode 7; 17 May 2024 Recorded 14 May 2024 About the Film Ezra The film Ezra follows Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale), a stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert De Niro), while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra (introducing William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife (Rose…
Taking on too much at work or in school is something I hear other autistics admit to doing. Add the ADHD many of us have and it’s a potential disaster in the making. We take on more than we can realistically manage, trying to prove our value while setting ourselves…
Podcast 0113; Season 7, Episode 6; 17 May 2024 Note: Originally recorded 14 June 2023 About Bliss Road: In this sometimes funny, often devastating memoir, Martha Engber describes the arduous journey toward discovering the invisible roadblock that ran her life off course: her psychological distress is the result of being…
April brings “Autism {fill in the blank}” day and month. Is it “Autism Awareness,” “Autism Acceptance,” or something else? I don’t have the time or energy to care. Each year, I rant about the month. Most people are “aware” of autism, though I question if that awareness helps anyone. My…
