In
their article “Autism and Rhetoric”, Paul Heilker and Melanie Yergeau argue
that autism spectrum disorders are themselves rhetorics. Heilker and Yergeau
describe it “as a way of being in the world through language”. Heilker tells
his side of the story through his life, as his son is autistic and this gives
us a good view into the rhetoric that is autism. Yergeau lives with Asperger’s
Syndrome and gives us a first hand account into the rhetoric.
I think that this article is similar to Elizabeth Wardle’s article “Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces” in that the idea of autism as a rhetoric brings up the idea of identity which Wardle explains in detail. Heilker and Yergeau both do a great job making their identities clear which really opens the article up to really show the community that grows around autistics.
I found this article more interesting that any of the other articles we’ve read in this class. It’s a really interesting way to look at autism, which I find interesting in itself. Reading about Eli was great and it seemed as if he was in his own, imaginative world, which is really cool to think about.
I think that this article is similar to Elizabeth Wardle’s article “Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces” in that the idea of autism as a rhetoric brings up the idea of identity which Wardle explains in detail. Heilker and Yergeau both do a great job making their identities clear which really opens the article up to really show the community that grows around autistics.
I found this article more interesting that any of the other articles we’ve read in this class. It’s a really interesting way to look at autism, which I find interesting in itself. Reading about Eli was great and it seemed as if he was in his own, imaginative world, which is really cool to think about.
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