Blogception: Blogging about Blogging

While writing a blog doesn't look too different from week to week, the amount of time dedicated to it can vary significantly. This past week, I spent a lot more time studying for midterms than I did writing, but I did manage to make one post about my recent experiences at Comic-Con. I'm a big planner, so a lot of planning went into that trip, even if I didn't end up following it perfectly. We drove in early Saturday morning and arrived there around 8:30, waited in line for our entrance passes, and then waited for the convention floor to open. My brother flew into town, and we both attended the convention in full costume, his was a Sand Person from Star Wars and mine was Endor Princess Leia. Here is a picture of us at the convention. The trip was full of ups and downs, and I talked about this a lot in my recent blog post. I also mentioned advice for others going to Comic-Con, things I would have done differently, and things I enjoyed about this particular convention.  Becaus...

This week, I made a lot of progress with my blog. With two posts completed and another in progress, I'm starting to feel good about what I've accomplished. My first post was about the merits of identity-first language vs person-first language, and I was able to share some sources on the subject that I found helpful. As I've continued, however, I have noticed that it is hard to get a sense of my own writing without another person to look it over and offer suggestions. For now, I've managed with re-reading my posts multiple times and running them through a spell-checker, but most writing does best with multiple proofreaders. My second post this week was an autism resource masterlist (of doom). Since being diagnosed nearly two years ago, I've done a lot of research, and I found it helpful to keep track of helpful resources in case I wanted to use them later on, whether for projects or for education. For this post, I organized this list of sources and compiled them to s...

Iconic, Charismatic, Predictable, Interesting. Some of my favorite content creators follow this format, and generally it serves them well. Some have a favorite shirt they wear for filming, or a catchphrase that they say at the beginning and the end of their videos, but they all have something in common: a lot of content. This is something that my blog is currently lacking, with only three posts so far, but I'm getting there.  I mentioned in a previous post that I've been thinking about blogging and content creation for a while before I actually started, and part of that was thinking about potential topics for posts. Currently, my list includes describing autism, addressing misconceptions about autism, explaining my personal stance on things like functioning labels, symbolism for autism, identity-first language vs. person first language, and therapy options for autism. I also hope to address Autism's History and look at a variety of topics related to disability studies as a ...