Category Archives: Home Life

Autism and the Night of the Living Stim

My son’s on the autism spectrum. He’s considered high functioning, but not quite Asperger’s. (Though I guess with the new DSM V, he might technically be removed from officially being ‘autistic,’ but who cares.)

One of the many things that people with autism do is self-stimulate, or stim,Continue reading “Autism and the Night of the Living Stim”

Photos My Son Takes – Storming the Castles

I’ve posted a few times (like here, here, and here) about the photographs my son takes. They’re always amazing, to me at least. He takes photos of seemingly dull things and makes them exciting. We think of his photographs as a window into his perception of the world. No doubt he looks at things differently than we do, as he is on the autism spectrum.Continue reading “Photos My Son Takes – Storming the Castles”

Why I hate being called Mrs. Higgins (by my students)

This is a rant. Though it is a rant that I suspect many women in the sciences can relate to.

I teach at a university. I have a Ph.D. My title, then, is properly “Dr. Higgins.” I am not a professor, not adjunct, not tenure-track, so technically I shouldn’t be called “Professor Higgins,” but it happens and I let it go.Continue reading “Why I hate being called Mrs. Higgins (by my students)”