The completion of this project for my CD 315 class has been a big part of my life this semester at Marshall. I knew, from the re-telling of former CD 315 students concerning their experiences in the class, that this class would require a big chunk of my time and personal investment. However, I didn't want to get so amped up over all the hype that I did work that reflected poorly on me. I knew that the main focus on the class regarded choosing a disorder that affected communication and providing information about that speech disorder. Knowing this, I began trying to determine what disorder I was most interested in elaborating on. I thought about stuttering, due to my own past experience of suffering a dysfluency disorder as a child and receiving therapy for it. However, around the second week of class, I read an article in the Herald Dispatch concerning a young boy in the city of Huntington who suffered from Aspergers Syndrome. This article really interested me and it helped explain a disorder that had previously resided in my mind as a vague concept briefly presented in a past CD class. What interested me most about the disorder was how easily it could be confused with simple introverted shyness. After I decided on Aspergers Syndrome, I began compiling text books and online periodicals from the Drinko Library at Marshall University. The more that I found out about this disorder, the more of a hold it gained in my interest. The fact that these individuals who suffered from Aspergers quite often did so in silence because their symptoms could so easily be overlooked or ignored amazed me. I think that my high-level of interest in this disorder expressed in my multi-genre research project (MRP).
This page was created by William Miller, a communication Disorders major at Marshall University to
fulfill the requirements of his CD 315 class. It was completed on December 4, 2005.
Page Last Updated: December 2, 2005
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