TreadwayTopicProposal

The topic I have settled on is Autism. All my life I have been surrounded by this topic, mostly due to my mom's occupation in the Special Education field. When I was little I had a friend who had Asperger's Syndrome, and I now have a cousin with a severe case of Autism as well. Being around this, I always wanted to learn more, eventually leading me to my career decision: a Speech Pathologist. Since I will be working with individuals with this disorder, I want to know as much as I can about it as possible. I already have some common knowledge about Autism, but I want to do further research, and learn some of the facts that aren't so obvious. With this knowledge, I think my future career will be much easier for me, and maybe I'll even get a head-start for some of my future classes dealing with Autism!

I have many ideas as to how I want to put my project together. First of all, I plan to target my project towards parents of children with Autism. To do so, I'm going to organize my project into a care package. Within that care package, I could include genres such as: brochures, recipes, posters, bumper stickers, and magazine articles. To find information to put into these genres, I can look to internet sources, book sources, magazines, or even knowledgeable people such as my mom or aunt, who specialize in this field. Although further thinking and planning will be required for my project, I think I'm off to a good start.