"What Is Autism? | Autism Speaks." Autismspeaks.org. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. . In the article What Is Autism? the author question what autism really is. The author supports their argument by having different representations of their data. Their purpose is to compare and contrast boys and girls in order to figure out that autism occurs in boys more than it does girls. The author writes in a formal tone for their audience of anyone that wants to learn more about autism. Each individual disorder is characterized depending on the level of the degree of the disorder. Difficulties in social interaction, which include the different variations of communication and compulsive behaviors. The author of this passage stated that "autism appears to have its roots in very early brain development", even though the range from when autism can be noticed is 2-3 years old. The usage of sources that this author uses gives their audience the opportunity to obtain the information and gain clear knowledge of people, more or less children, with autism. I will use this authoritative information to create a proposal that will award my audience to know more about autism, and what THEY can do to help spread the word. Spread the word about being normal. Spread the word about being equal.

Ratajczak, Helen V. "Theoretical Aspects Of Autism: Causes--A Review." Journal Of Immunotoxicology 8.1 (2011): 68-79. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. Helen V.Ratajczak, explains how often autism appears in a certain amount of people. Ratajczak supports her decision by telling the different affects that cause autism, like inflammation of the brain. The author's purpose is to inform her audience of how sudden and incurable this disease in order to find out different individuals that share common symptoms. This author writes in a semi-formal tone for the audience of highschoolers. Autism is a party of the pervasive developmental disorfer (PDDs) and has been increasing since 1943. When it was first tested, autism occured in 4-5 per 10,000 children and now in the U.S., the numbers are now ever 1 in 100. Unfortunately, in the United Kingdom its 1 in ever 64 children that are diagnosed with autism. According to the author, the cause of autism is a genetic disorder caused by defects and inflammation of the brain. Helen Ratajczak uses statistical data to analyze the different numbers of children and families that are effected with autism giving me the opportunity to get a good idea of how many people are affected with it. I will use her date and create charts of the different types of disorders that associate with autism and show people how different, yet similar each disease is.

"Mental Retardation and Autism - Effects of the Mind." Psychologycampus.com. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. . Sue Rubin, the author of her own personal experience about Myths About Autism and Mental Retardation (2003), that shares her experience with being treated differently, and how the society as a whole needs to change. Rubin supports her own exclusive experience by defining how it feels to be treated with disrespect. Sue's purpose is to expose the truth behind being autistic so that the people around treat her no different than any other person. The author writes in a very formal tone for her audience to be fully aware of the position she has been put in throughout her whole life. Many automatically think that just because someone has Asperger's Syndrome or autism, they are retarded. Sue Rubin knows what it's like from personal experience for people to stare strangely, just by the way she walks. She's just as normal as anyone else, and by using different examples of her journey throughout school, it shows that she is as unique as the most normal person out there, maybe even smarter. She's in an honor's society in college and maintains a 4.0 GPA. Most people without Asperger's or Autism can't even do that. With her personal experience, I will associate more carefully and clearly with the child that I do my final act towards. I will know how they are thinking, and it's no different than any ordinay person.

Patrick F. Bolton, et al. "Functional Impact Of Global Rare Copy Number Variation In Autism Spectrum Disorders." Nature 466.7304 (2010): 368-372. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. Patrick F Bolton, in Functional Impact of Global Rare Copy Number Variation in Autism Spectrum Disorders, asserts that autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of conditions characterized by impairments in reciprocal social interaction and communication, and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviors. Bolton supports his assertion by illustrating the 'behind the scene' information. The purpose of his argument is to allert others of individuals with an ASD can differ in their development in order to find the determinants of autism. The author writes in a formal tone for his audience of young adults. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a condition some are diagnosed with that cause impairments in social and communication skills. It is know that ASD's are heritable, and some cases are more rare than others. The author uses the rhetorical strategy of observing data to include correct information so that their audience can be sociall aware. I will use this author's information that he came up with in my research to get involved more with children that have autism spectrum disorder.

Somer L. Bishop, et al. "Daily Experiences Among Mothers Of Adolescents And Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal Of Autism & Developmental Disorders 40.2 (2010): 167-178. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. Somer L. Bishop in Daily Experiences Among Mothers of Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, explains the different between children with and without disabilites. Bishop supports their argument by including graphs of different styles to show the differences in the two categories. Their purpose is to provide each family with information on the differences on being normal, and being autistic. The author writes in a formal tone to reassure that there is a difference between someone with autism, and someone without. By comparing mothers of children without disabilites, and mothers of children with disabilites, studies came to show that children with ASD spend more time providing for their child. "Fatigue, arguments, avoided arguments, and stressful events were also more common among mothers of individuals with ASD" says Bishop. Even children with ASD had way more social interaction than children without it. Bishop uses interesting tecniques to carefully observe the different families. This will help me try to gain experince and become socially connected with someone that has ASD. .

Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Autism: Symptoms - MayoClinic.com." Mayo Clinic. 27 May 2010. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. . The Mayo Clinc Staff in the article Autism Symptoms (2010), asserts that children with autism have problems in specific areas in their every day lives. The staff supports their claim by listing the different types of social, language, and behavior skills that each person lacks. The author's purpose is to provide extreme examples in order for the onlookers to know what some symptoms are. The author writes in a semi-formal tone for the audience of ages ten to thirty, Each person is different in their own unique way. Using the examples of social skills, language, and behavior, Mayo Clinic Staff uses enthnographic data that proves the social interactions between different autistic people. Each piece of ethnographic data validates their argument by using their knowledge incourage others to pay close attention to the symptoms of their children in case of a symptom of autism. Within the first three years of a person's life, generally the child would be communicating, and associating with others. Most children with autism seem to learn new knowledge gradually slower than other children. A lower sign of intelligence to a below normal sign is an affect of their communication skills. As children with autism mature, the level of behavior and communication can sometimes increase leading them to possibly live a normal life. Using other observational data, each example has back-up information that certifies that it is true. I will use this source as a basic "lean-to" site to go to if I need to read about the symptoms of an early staged child with autism.

Barbara Porton, et al. "The Correlation Between Rates Of Cancer And Autism: An Exploratory Ecological Investigation." Plos ONE 5.2 (2010): 1-8. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2012. The authors in The Correlation between Rates of Cancer and Autism: An Exploratory Ecological Investigation, questions whether or not cancer and autism are related. The author's support their comparisons by getting tests of each disease and comparing them in different levels. Their purpose is to point out the similarites in each of the medical field's they were studying in order to get a full glimpse of what they're trying to research. The tone the author writes in is formal way that questions the audience to get them to think. Autism is associated the the chromosomal arrangements where cancer is a disease with genomic arrangements also play a role. These findings suggest that there may be an association between autism and specific forms of cancer. The authors analyzed and obtained obtained data the was state-wide reported by age and gender throughout the United States and somehow found out that cancer correlates with autism in an unnormal way. Using the experimental and observational data they gathered enough information to get enough evidence to relate cancer to autism, and with that information I will obtain the knowledge that children with autism can relate to someone.

"Autism - PubMed Health." Http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/. Web. 30 Jan. 2012. . In the article Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Autism (2010), that claims that autism can be helped by either going to therapy, or by taking medicine. The author supports their argument by using ideal examples to back-up their thoughts on autism. The author's purpose is to inform and provide logic and proof so that their readers understand just exactly what autism really is. The author writes in a formal tone for the audience that wants to learn about autism. In this entry, the author argues that autism is an "abnormal biology and chemistry in the brain". Vaccines and many other tests have been done to administer the exact cause of autism. It is known that autism affects boys three to four times more than it affects girls. The author uses brief examples to affirm that autism be known for the concealed facts that not everyone knows. Each section of information provides candid information that allows the reader to get valid points from. Social interactions are the most obvious symptoms of autism. Each different affected person has different symptoms, and depending on the level, each person can be treated differently. Starting a conversation appears to be hard, as well as maintaining a social conversation with another person. Communicating with gestures and not using words as frequently can easily be solved by speech therapy and also helps with developing a larger vocabulary. In this passage about autism, and just about every piece of information needed, the rhetorical strategy that is used is the logical proof that the author clearly knows what he/she is talking about. I will use this source to come up with authorized information to back up my argument on how people with autism are no different than a person without autism. Each bit of information that this source gives me, gives me an opportunity to understand and correlate each