Archive - Russell McOrmond

January 2025

Happy Gregorian New Year 2025

I have seen quite a few people doing a year in review of 2024.

Jan 4 •

Russell McOrmond

October 2024

Asking Autistics: What advice do you have for employers?

A post in the Embracng Autism Facebook group asked a few questions of Autistics that included "What advice do you have for employers?". This was in…

Oct 29, 2024 •

Russell McOrmond

July 2024

Worldview stuck in the past, self-called "progressives" walking blindly into failures.

For many reasons, I'm removing my participation on Twitter. This includes looking at and deleting old messages.

Jul 15, 2024 •

Russell McOrmond

I'm cisgender : Inclusion vs attempted erasure of the diversity of the human experience.

I’m an Autistic white cis-heterosexual male settler, claimed as a citizen by the Dominion of Canada at birth in 1968.

Jul 10, 2024 •

Russell McOrmond

Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and why we seem to be arguing

I recently read I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World by Meghan Ashburn and Jules…

Jul 7, 2024 •

Russell McOrmond

An acquisition means a new job, not merely a different name on paychecks.

I wish to be open about a mistake I have made in my career, in case it helps someone else avoid something similar.

Jul 7, 2024 •

Russell McOrmond

My Autism Burnout story

Embrace Autism is creating an "Ultimate Guide of Autistic Burnout", and asked their online community for their Autistic Burnout stories. This was…

Jul 6, 2024 •

Russell McOrmond

November 2023

Is there a religious war in Western Asia? It certainly isn’t a war between two “countries”.

I want to encourage people to gain the context of these events rather than believing what happened this year is new or surprising.

Nov 30, 2023 •

Russell McOrmond

June 2023

Anthropocentric Environmentalism, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and All Our Relations.

I've been (or was) part of what was called the environmental movement from an early age, having a respect for plants and animals that I was told was…

Jun 1, 2023 •

Russell McOrmond

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