Thinking about my previous choices, I decided to write my research paper about autism. To me, this is a topic that has been circulating around me, my whole life. Pertaining to the definition part of the Stasis Theory, I will address what is autism. I will go into specifics on the causes of autism, what characterizes it, and (if) there are cures for it.
I would also talk about the negative parts of autism; my focus would be more of a social viewpoint, and less of the scientific one. I want to write about how my family experienced a form of discrimination a few years ago, like no health care policy and school bullies. It would explain the "Is this a good/bad thing?" of the Stasis Theory.
Over the years, I believe the number of autistic people increased so less people attach a stigma to autism. I think my main focus of this paper is, why did people attach a social stigma to autism in the past? Is there still some discrimination between autistic and non-autistic people?
I think this is a great topic! One of my cousins has autism so I can see where you are coming from. I think it is interesting to look at the social perspective instead of the scientific perspective since you would have more experience with the former.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you plan to take an approach different from the strictly medical side of this, and attack the social stigma aspect. I think that even though autism is still such an unknown disorder, there is definitely a huge stigma with it. Or maybe it is because it is so unknown is why there is a stigma with it... hm...
ReplyDeleteI also think this is a great topic, i have a few autistic friends back home, and would love to learn more about this disease. I look forward to reading your paper soon!
ReplyDeleteBy looking at autistic individuals, we can see that there was a social stigma attached to autistic people before, which most readers don't see; this is important because we need to judge if we still do have that stigma in society today.
ReplyDeleteHi, Yoohee! I think you have a nice starting point here, and lots of interesting questions to explore. I suggest you stay within the definition and cause/effect stases (save the value question -- is it good/bad -- for later down the line, when you've actually honed in on what you will be writing about (i.e. what is "it"?). You might also think about how we have defined and redefined autism (there is a spectrum), how we have higher number of diagnosed individuals attending college (so it is becoming increasingly visible, or at the very least, talked about), and how that might have an effect on public perception (so looking at stigma will be fruitful). You have a lot of places you can take this, and I look forward to seeing where you go with it.
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