Heilker and Yergeau

Summary:
In Heilker and Yergeau's article, "Autism and Rhetoric" they both discuss how autism is a rhetorical phenomenon. Heilker talks about how his autistic son and how he has learned a lot from him about autism and the rhetorical perspective on it. Yergeau writes about her own experience of autism and how we can help and embrace those who have autism.

Synthesis:
I would relate Heilker and Yergeau's article to Wardle because they both talk about acceptance, identity, and belonging. I would also relate this article to Swales because they both discuss discourse communities. Also Porter relates to this article because autism is a discourse community that are able to understand each other.

Response	Quote
I liked this quote because it talks about how autism is rhetoric in itself and how remarkable that is.	“Whatever else it may be, autism is a profoundly rhetorical phenomenon.”
This quote shows how many people are aware of autism and most people have some knowledge on it.	"Public awareness about autism is approaching critical mass."
I liked this quote because it shows how autism is a rhetorical occurrence.	“Given the definitional confluence of autism and rhetoric in communication and social interaction, it is simple to assert that autism is a rhetorical phenomenon.”
This is a great way to better understand autism and get a better view on it.	“We could and should continue this kind of analysis, using other rhetorical concepts as lenses though which to view and understand autism.”
I liked this quote because it shows how important a rhetorical perspective is in understanding autism.	“But a rhetorical perspective offers us new, different, and more useful ways of thinking about at least some autistics’ silences.”
This quote once again shows the importance of  visualizing autism as a rhetoric can help others better understand autism.	“Conceiving of autism as a rhetoric, as a way of being in the world through language, allows us to reconstrue what we have historically seen as language deficits as, instead, language differences.”

Thoughts:
I liked this reading a lot. I thought that it was easy to understand for the most, except a few words I had to look up. I liked the different stories each author had tell in their article. They each have their own experience with autism and they helped better explain it. I liked Eli's story a lot and thought that it was interesting to read.