Prospectus for Essay 4!

Autistic children tend to be towards the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to having a good, well-rounded education in a mainstream school. They lack proper education and socialization from others, which is putting them at a huge disadvantage. In order for them to succeed, they need to feel included and wanted, but still gain something in the process.  This is why a program that allows kids to learn what they need to know, while feeling including with their peers needs to be created. This is the type of idea I will be proposing in this paper. Some evidence I will use for this proposal is a majority of what I gathered for Essay 3.

                My target audience will either be teachers or parents. I have not quite decided which I want it to be, but I feel like both of them would be great choices. I would choose teachers because they are the ones that teach the children and spend eight or so hours a day with them. So, it is important for teachers to be caring, compassionate, firm, and on top of their game. I would choose parents because anything that happens with their child’s education goes through them. So, if they wanted a new program to be created for their kids, they could rally together and pitch the idea to whoever is in charge. As for rhetorical appeal, my goal is to try to use all three of them (pathos, logos, and ethos). With pathos, I could tell a story about an autistic child’s journey and how he/she has succeeded since. For logos, I can stress the overall message, which is the proposal for a new program for autistic children. Lastly, for ethos, I can cite from different sources and note their credentials.