In their article, "Autism and Rhetoric," Paul Heilker and Melanie Yergeau, argue that Autism is a rhetoric and they analyze it from their own perspective. He does it from the perspective of the father of a boy with autism and she does it from her perspective as an Asperger's autistic herself. They explain that autism is not a disease but a "a way of being in the world though language, through invention, structure and style" (263).
This article related with the others we read about autism, specially with Wardle's. She explains how people have to adjust their writing and communication ways once they enter a new work environment. In this case, the authors explain how most scholars think that it's not possible for autistic to adapt and communicate with neurotypicals. Herilker and Yergeau disagree with that statement and explain it from their own perspectives.
I enjoyed reading this article, the topic was interesting and the authors had great arguments. The fact that they included their own experiences and points of view made it more attractive. It made me think how autistics are stereotyped nowadays, specially in movies, and how that doesn't show what people with autism go though and how they really are.
