To be encouraged by the chances of people on the autism spectrum being gainfully employed one day, read “Why the Australian Defence is Recruiting Cyber Analysts on the Autism Spectrum,” written by Robert D. Austin, Michael Fieldhouse, Aiyaswami Mohan, and Peter Quinn in the December 07, 2017 issue of the Harvard Business Review. This is one […]
Jackson wins regional Japanese language contest
Jackson competed two weeks ago in our city’s Japanese language contest and WON FIRST PLACE for the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW! I marvel at how much progress he has made from the first to the third year in his ability to wait, his ability to not walk in and out of the room and […]
What Jackson spends his time doing…
It’s a Saturday morning in Jackson’s office (yes, he’s the only person with an office in this house), and he’s busy at work on his computer. Me: Whatcha doing? (I look around the office with books strewn around and the computer’s Google Translate open.) Are you translating all of Rumi’s poetry into Japanese? Jackson: Yep. […]
More interests…the Olympics
Here is what Jackson would like to share with the readers of his blog: “I love my new website. It’s very cool. And I am also in love with the Olympic Games as well as linguistics.” Here is a picture that Jackson drew of his suggestions for the mascots for the Beijing 2022 Olympics (apparently […]