aspie rhetor

Autism

Aspies for Freedom
aspiesforfreedom.com

Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
autisticadvocacy.org

Autistics.org
autistics.org

Rhetoric & Composition

Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
kairos.technorhetoric.net/

Computers and Composition
computersandcomposition.osu.edu/

Computers and Composition Online
www.bgsu.edu/cconline/

Computers and Composition Digital Press
ccdigitalpress.org

International Writing Centers Association
www.writingcenters.org/

NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
www.ncte.org

CCCC
www.ncte.org/groups/cccc

CCC Online Archive
www.inventio.us/ccc/

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

Face the Music
www.ftmusic.com

Sony/BMG’s ELO site
www.elomusic.com

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I've had this blog for a number of years. And I've never liked the term aspie. (It sounds like ass pee.) I also detest the dichotomy the term creates -- separating autistic people.

Nonetheless, I initially placed aspie in the title of this blog, in part, to examine the word itself, to examine autism politics, to reform a pathological identity into a cultural one. I've never enjoyed calling myself an aspie -- but a bunch of doctor-types have. Their paternalism angered me, and I created this blog shortly after I'd been officially diagnosed. I've changed a lot in that time, especially in how I perceive myself and my autistic identity.

All of this to say: There's a certain vexed, personal history that comes with this term and my (snarky) usage of it. The title of my blog, though, bothers me -- a lot. I suspect I'll change it to autistic rhetorics, or something similar, in the future. I welcome name-change suggestions!

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