A Journey toward Knowledge
Today, I begin writing my thesis. I don't know how far I will get, but I will be starting. I may get one sentence in, but one sentence is more than I have right now. It has changed ever-so-slightly since I have gotten to know auto/autistethnographies much better in the last few weeks since Ibby... Continue Reading →
I don't usually do this, but I want to reflect on all of the amazing stuff and people that I have seen and met since May. I look around at the Autistic Community and I have to say, I feel absolutely humbled. The stuff that I have seen and read from Autistic Activists brings me to... Continue Reading →
Every time I hear about or see the social model of disability, something doesn't quite seem right. However, i have not had the time to really try and figure out why. Now, i have a bit of time. I'm going to try and see why it doesn't seem right. Some of this may piss some... Continue Reading →
Here it is, what you have all been waiting for (and have possibly read). Here is my final proposal. I will reflect on this whole process in January, but for now. The subject of my thesis aims to illustrate how advocacy is rhetorically constructed in various contexts by various people. Autism Speaks describes... Continue Reading →
Many of the rhetorical moves that I was being asked to use were and are not moves that I make. When I asked about this, my advisor replied, "I'm trying to make you write in the dominant discourse." That week was a stressful blur that I only remember how hurt I was at having my writing... Continue Reading →
We met every day during the week before I submitted my proposal. For this proposal, I attempted to bring in some of what he said about the narrative piece. I was going to bring in some rhetoric, but not much. I was also going to lead the reader into why I was analyzing an AARP... Continue Reading →
I decided to stick with what I had for the Pentad despite the recommendations by my advisor because it supported the argument that I was trying to make: Autism Speaks is not an advocacy organization for autistic people because they demonize autistic people. During the meeting before this Proposal, my advisor told me that I needed... Continue Reading →
It was at this point that I started having to save my drafts as a different Google Doc because when we would meet, my advisor would change nearly everything in order to show me how to write in the dominant discourse of rhetoric. Of note, the biggest change he made was on the Pentad. I... Continue Reading →
I was very confused and torn about the last draft because it didn't quite fit. I was rhetorically analyzing Wright's piece then moving on to talk about the responses to it, then going back and doing a Pentadic analysis on Wright's piece, it just didn't make sense to me. My advisor and I talked, and... Continue Reading →
