Dialectical notebook

Dialectical notebook

1. “Autism itself is a rhetoric, that autism is a way of being in the world through language, through invention, structure and style.”: I believe that autism being described as rhetoric means that it’s left unanswered, so that we can make our own assumptions on autism, however being rhetorical may mean although it’s left unanswered it will be persuasive and show the person one side rather than both fairly which will be shown through structure and language.

2. “Autism is a profoundly rhetorical phenomenon”: relating to how we as people react to autism, I believe that this refers to our actions and what type of person we are. So for example if you were family you would be understanding and caring whereas if you were just a stranger walking past autism you may just ignore it and not say or do anything.

3. “Rhetorical listening allows us to generate a more productive discourse about autism” I believe this refers to how we react to something that is said and it depends on how it is said or in which content which accounts for the actions we take.

4.  “Rhetorical listening allows us to generate a more productive discourse about autism and the rhetorical triangle”: I believe this refers to the way we are taught and our awareness of autism. For example in my case I was brought up and told some people have it and they cannot help that they have it and also that I was very fortunate to be healthy. Therefore from a young age I had an idea in my mind of what it was and how I should react to what I here or saw of autism. However the people who may be nasty or have a stereotyped assumption of autism may be the people who are nasty.