I want to write about Biden’s age and inflation. I have a few disjointed thoughts rumbling around in my brain. But I’m plowing through a rough draft of an autism book, and I’m being superstitious about switching topics.
So, let me give you some back stories on articles that I wrote about autism. (My mostly complete list of articles in the mainstream press is here.)
In 2012, I was still teary about having to leave academia, so my first article for the Atlantic came at a great time. In fact, it jump started a new career. The idea for the article came about one evening, when I was trying to read scientific articles about autism. I kept hitting paywalls because I no longer had a university account. So, I wrote about it.
“Locked in the Ivory Tower” went viral thanks to the nerdy guys at Reddit, who also hate university publishing companies. While the article wasn’t about autism, it was definitely Ian-inspired.
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