Scumbagalytics

Greetings and salutations!  


It's late, I'm tired....and more than a little sick of studying - but life goes on.  As you can tell - I've actually been posting on my blog over the past day or so.  2 entries in one day?  Whoa.  The creative juices are flowing (can anyone tell me where that particular phrase originated from?  It sounds rather obscene...but it works).


So....whats the thought du jour?


It's an interesting one - and one that doesn't have anything to do with Nicholas....at least not directly.  Sorry - no humorous posting tonight.


It has to do with data (no - not the guy from Star Trek...but he's pretty cool too).  Yeah....real interesting you're thinking to yourself.  Well....it is.  So deal.


I'm a data guy by profession....I make the occasional map too (still)....but really - it's all about the data.  And the data that Google Analytics captures for me has revealed something either very interesting, or very disturbing.  I'm not entirely sure - so I'm throwing it out there, in the hopes that I get some feedback from people.  I'm interested in what people's experiences actually are on the subject.


Which simply is this:  I have noticed that there are a fair number of people finding my blog through Google using the keywords 'autism' and 'eviction' (I also seem to get a lot of visitors from California as well - go figure).  And it's got me wondering....


Are there landlords out there trying to evict autistic tenants?    A spam comment has even been left on my blog....some company that assists landlords in enforcing eviction notices it would seem.  Obviously whoever left that particular comment hasn't actually taken the time to read at least some of what I've written.  Yeah bud...I'll get right back to you on that one.


If people are being evicted because of being autistic....wouldn't that be a form of discrimination?  I would certainly think so - but I don't know for sure.  I would like to think that it is, and that this is something that wouldn't be possible.


At the very least - the data tells me that there is still a lot of work to be done to build awareness of what autism is - and what it isn't.  Autism is not the plague, it is not contagious, and it is not some life ending affliction that is going to destroy some landlord's property value (that's what university students are for).  If people are doing searches with these keywords....then there must be a reason for it.  And I would like to know why.  


I truly hope that autistics are not facing the prospect of losing their home just because their brains are wired a bit differently.  Notice the word 'differently'.  Different is good.  I hope that I'm wrong, and that I'm reading too much into the data.  Autistics have enough things to deal with...potential homelessness shouldn't be one of them.


For myself personally?  I'm not worried about what might happen with respect to my son's living situation should something bad happen to my wife and I.  We own our home....so that means Nicholas owns a home as well.  No one is ever going to be able to take that away from him - we've made sure that he will always have a place to call home.


And if by some chance you are a landlord, and you are trying to evict someone with autism.  Well...how do I put this as politely as possible without alienating the people who visit my blog on a regular basis.  Hmmmm.  Nope.  Can't really do it.  You're a scumbag, and you should be ashamed of yourself...plain and simple.


Feedback on this entry is appreciated....as they are with any of my postings.


Good night.