The Myth of the Autism Expert

 

First Nashville Snow

First snow in Nashville in my PhD journey at Vanderbilt University

Saw 4 deer (including a baby deer) early morning munching on twigs amongst the leafless snow laden trees. Apparently, deer like to hunker down to keep warm as the baby deer is doing.

28K folks without power in Nashville. Wind seems a common factor behind power cuts. In CA it was wind + wildfires, here its wind + snow. Surely electricity tech should have the wind part figured out by now instead of rinse repeat each year.

The power went off briefly at my place, but in that 15 mins, the inside temperature dropped by 1 degree. Fingers crossed to escape further power cuts. It is cold. Nice from the inside (its winter break) but it's -1F (-18 C) outside.

Ventured outside for a bit in yard,
windy, pretty and cold despite layers.

Snowfall

Snowfall in the darkness of night

Green grass out of sight in morning light

A blanket of winter white on the ground.

Leafless snow laden trees, a background

Undeterred deer saunter around

Munching twigs quite nonchalantly

Baby deer hunker on the ground... to keep warm

Brown fur contrasts on the white ground.

Fresh powder snow so pure and bright

A winter's delight for the eyes.

But when it hardens and turns to black ice

Beware, for it can be a dangerous drive.

Housebound for 3 days...Winter break, so ok.

Ethics Certification

Completing the Ethics Certification for IACC. 

2022 UC Berkeley News Recap

I got a mention for the month of April in the  2022 UC Berkeley News Recap

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/12/13/top-stories-from-2022/

Synesthesia and Autism

[Concepts in Sensorimotor Research]

Paper was for my Systems Neuroscience Class this semester was on Synesthesia and Autism. 

(I got an A+ both for this essay and the final grade for the course.)

Instructor Feedback: you wrote an excellent essay! Your essay was engaging to read and provided compelling insight into synesthesia and autism. You succeeded to find intriguing papers at each level of understanding and used those references effectively. The concise way of writing reveals a true talent to distill the key messages from complex papers from (very) diverse fields and to use them for your argument. This was overall very impressive to see! you wrote an excellent essay ! Overall, we grade your essay with an A+ Keep up this good work.

Happy Platinum Birthday Judy

Wishing the remarkably bad-ass and quite amazing Judy Heumann a wonderful platinum birthday and many more to come.
(and an early 101th birthday greeting as well)
Short video of my greeting.

 

And make sure to see the longer The Heumann Perspective videos/ podcast tribute for her birthday.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/VQdR4iJ4vfA (I'm at ~15:30)

Judy's Website: https://judithheumann.com/happy-75th-birthday-judy/

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/56b34dwz

Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/wrk6dbfy

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