Topic: Autism Treatments
Purpose: Autism is growing across the
world. Whether the causes of autism are growing or the ability to diagnose it
has increased, it is more prevalent as are treatments. Autism fad treatments
are becoming more common because everyone is looking for a quick fix. I want to
look into the Gluten-Free Casein-Free diet and other fad treatments in the
autism community and what has shown to work. I want to provide knowledge to
those who are in contact with autistic individuals to help bridge the gap
between the autistic mind and those who are not autistic.
Audience: Parents of Autistic Children and
those who are working with autistic children such as Special Education Teachers
and Paraprofessionals. In addition, because it is an academic paper my peers
and professor will be added into the intended audience.
Context: There are many different
controversies associated with the cause of autism and how to manage or treat
the symptoms. Parents are constantly on the lookout for some way to help their
children who often struggle to adapt to the world around them and struggle every
day. My mom, who is a paraprofessional, sparked my interest. She is always
telling me about the kids she works with and how they often struggle to find
strategies to work with these kids because each case is different.
Medium: I will be writing in an academic
research paper. I will be using scholarly articles and books to support my
argument as well as synthesizing the articles. I will discuss the Gluten-Free
Casein-Free diet, other strategies that have been presented but lack research
and evidence of effectiveness as well as treatments that are supported by
research and have evidence that they have worked in multiple cases.
Strategies:
Ethos: To prove my credibility I will be
using scholarly sources to support my argument. Those who are respected in
their field and have undergone peer review by other professionals in the field
have composed these sources.
Pathos: I will appeal to my audience’s
emotions by discussing strategies that can help autistic children. My main
audience will be parents with autistic children, who already are invested
emotionally. They will be looking to the paper for support and advice on the
best direction to take when looking to provide help to their autistic children.
This will also ease the stress that they feel in constant search for anything
that will make a difference.
