Author

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Richard Whelan teaches Cultural Theory to ungrateful undergrads. He divides his time between Hamburg and Dublin.

Asperger’s, Stand-Up and Me

Richard Whelan Mar 5, 2015 0

Richard Whelan chats to Michael McCreary: an 18-year-old Canadian stand-up comedian with Asperger’s Syndrome. What is the most important thing you want to communicate about Asperger's? I want to give the general public a firmer…

Poetry

Peter Donnelly Interview

Richard Whelan Jan 5, 2015 0

Q. How do conceive of your collection? How did you arrive at its tropes? For me, Photons represents a departure from some of the recent great Irish poetry which has preceded it and influenced it. The depth and earthiness of some…

Literature

Learning with Asperger’s, Learning from Asperger’s

Richard Whelan May 22, 2014 0

Asperkids by Jennifer Cook O'Toole The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules and Asperkids: An Insider's Guide to Loving, Understanding and Teaching Children with Asperger Syndrome Not wrong, just different. That's the…