Virginia TechHeilker, Paul V.Yergeau, M.2014-02-282014-02-282011-05Heilker, P.; Yergeau, M. (2011). Autism and Rhetoric. College English 73(5), 485-497. http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CE/0735-may2011/CE0735Autism.pdf0010-0994http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25792By understanding the verbal and nonverbal manifestations of autism as a rhetorical imperative, a perspective that involves applying Krista Ratcliffe's concept of rhetorical listening, scholars can do much to dissolve the idea of otherness that appears in discussions of this topic.en-USIn CopyrightArticlehttp://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CE/0735-may2011/CE0735Autism.pdf