Hi all! I took a couple of weeks off from this newsletter. I’m a former political science professor, who started blogging back in 2003. Presidential elections are my Super Bowl. I went into Geek Zone tweeting with friends and staying up late watching results. I always enjoy the process regardless of the winner. 

I wrote about the election in my other newsletter, Laura McKenna’s Apt. 11D. Some of the posts dealt with special education or disability issues, because that’s my lane. I wrote that there’s no connection between vaccines and autism, and talked about the origins of that conspiracy theory. 

Today’s newsletter is an old-school blog post — personal updates and some links.

Read more at The Great Leap, my autism newsletter