Oct 26, 2018
Truly,
what differences and changes a year makes.
Over
a year ago, I started Neurologic as an outlet for my advocacy, a
way to remain an autistic activist while exploring issues and
topics that surface among the autistic and autism communities.
Podcasting seemed to be the less traveled road, with very few
autistic podcasters broadcasting their shows (at least that could
be searched) and the format itself consistent in its growing
popularity.
However,
between learning how to edit audio recordings, securing interviews,
researching topics and issues for episodes, and dealing with life
obligations (school, work, etc) - it's definitely been a
challenging endeavor.....but it's worth it.
Between
learning more about neurodiversity, the autistic community, and the
accomplishments - as well as trials - of autistics across the
world, Neurologic has become something of a conduit to not only
transmit what we as autistics are advocating for, but also to gain
knowledge and understanding of why.
Starting
this month, Neurologic will begin blogging to supplement episodes,
improve content and more frequently post about issues that are very
important to us as autistics. Adding this visual component will
hopefully also improve the accessibility of content produced and
make it easier to share with others.
Does
this mean fewer podcast episodes? No. I'm not planning on recording
less; however, securing guests for interviews and episodes has
recently become more difficult due to scheduling conflicts, which
also hurts the timeliness of the topic they're joining me to
discuss. After all, conversing about Autism Acceptance Month in
August would be quite odd and not very timely.
Blogging
will enable the space to be more consistent with Neurologic's
content and free up more time to record better, in-depth episodes
with unique guests that have a variety of perspectives in the
autistic and autism communities.
Where
Neurologic has focused on trying to release at least 1-2 episodes a
month, blog posts will be more frequent - but also less scheduled
than the podcasts. But don't worry; all blog posts will be
available here, and also shared on Neurologic's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/neurologicpodcast
As
always, I welcome any questions, comments, concerns,
recommendations and more; you can reach Neurologic through the
facebook page above, in the comment section below, or via e-mail:
neurologicpodcast@gmail.com.
Your
host,
Leo
Jones