I haven't really thought about who my audience will be after I finish this paper, but I would want parents of small children to know about my topic. I think it's important for parents to be sure of what exactly is in these shots that are being given to their children, and make them aware of the possibility of some kind of side effect or disorder resulting from them.
This topic is relevant to the time period, because the number of children diagnosed with autism has risen from 1 in 10,000 children to 1 in 250 -- that's scary. Is this increase in the number of children with autism a result of more vaccines given to small children? So far, all of my sources think so.
I am invested in this topic because of my favorite high school teacher; her son was born healthy, learned to walk and speak at an average age, but then lost his ability to communicate, interpret his surroundings, and speak at all. Raising awareness is important. The toll that this disease has taken on my teacher and all other parents of autistic children is astounding, and there should be more research into this debate in order to protect more famies.
I really haven't seen many opposing viewpoints, which was a problem that I listed in my previous blogs. Obviously pediatricians do not think that these vaccines are harmful, because they are administering them to young children. But as far as a written source, I still haven't found very much.
One thing that really stood out to me from my research was a story about a doctor who lost his job for speaking up about the possible linkage between autism and vaccines. I don't think it's fair that he lost his job for speaking up, but it is interesting to see that the hospital decided to fire him.
I love Janie Hatley's research topic. Its important to research something that is important to the writer on a personal level, and that's why her topic is so great. I'm curious as to how she will go about turning the topic question into some kind of argument format.
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