When I began, I was uncertain what I wished to research for this project.  I went from just being interested in kids with autism to how they interact with kids without autism. After awhile, possibly a few days, I started to wonder how they are affected by being in a mainstream classroom. After considering my options carefully, I realized I was interested in learning more about how children with autism interact with students who have not been diagnosed with the disorder. I value kids with disabilities because I seem to have a connection with them, a different way of talking to them and helping them cope with their disability. Growing up with both of my parents as teachers, I have been around so many different kids. I've been around kids that are raised by other members of the family, around kids that are extremely well off and kids that have learning abilities. Being around kids with autism as a disability really caught my attention. I found myself interested in how they interact with kids without autism compared to kids with autism. 

"Involvement or Isolation? The Social Networks of Children with Autism." This article talked about a case study done on kids with autism and kids without autism being in the same classroom. They were trying to see how kids with and without autism felt if having one of the opposite in the same classroom as them. Kids with autism reported not feeling as lonely and not as accepted or as much companionship. This article clearly values kids with autism and making sure that they feel accepted.  After this case study, I believe they make all the possible efforts to help kids with autism feel just as accepted as someone without autism. I feel as though this article is very informative and they thoroughly relay the data taken from the case study. This is a collection of scholarly grad students who have researched the topic and put together their work. Majority of them are from University of California, Los Angeles, in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

My second source brings to our attention the rights kids with autism have. Every special needs child has the same rights as kids without special needs when it comes to education in a public education classroom. The law IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act) was passed that said a child has the right to a free and appropriate education, a child is eligible to a specific education that meets his or her needs. An "appropriate" education means that you give the child an education that relates specifically to that child's needs. This article really takes the child's rights into consideration and allows for parents and others to see what rights kids with autism have. These people value children with autism, and that's why this really interested me.  A team of lawyers at Goodwin Protector LLP put these laws together, which make them very credible. This article is extremely argumentative, it argues for kids with autism's rights and him or her being able to be treated just like someone without autism. 

"Genius May Be an Abnormality: Educating Students with Asperger's Syndrome, or High Functioning Autism." The article's main claim is that kids or adults with autism need a focus in life. They need an intellectual satisfying activity that they can depend on to take their focus off of human interaction and socialization. They explained how one kid just wanted to be in front of a computer because that is what satisfied him and made him happy. The author is explaining how it is okay and good for you to let kids with Asperger's do what interests them and if that is being in front of a computer screen let them use their intelligence to do something. The author, Dr. Temple Grandin, is said to be the most well-known and accomplished person with autism in the world he is an extremely credible source. Being that Dr. Temple Grandin is autistic himself he can present the information from a viewpoint that he understands and that we don't. He can help us to better understand it coming from a primary source. 

Everyone of course has a different outlook on this situation and a different opinion about it. Anyone can argue for their specific stance on research topic and try to get their point across. This topic is easy to be argued for because anyone can have his or her own opinion. In the end you can look at statistics but someone can still argue for their belief that's how you get information to research. Many of the sources I have found agree that it is better for kids with autism to be in a mainstream classroom. They have all done experiments and gained back data from it to further publish statistics. Two of the sources I found agreed and one talked about the laws of kids with autism having the same rights as kids without autism. The sources I found only supported my perspective and made me agree more. Revising my research topic would only entail maybe rewording my question. It started with, "should kids with autism be in the same classroom as kids without autism?" I find it to be more specific talking about, "should kids with autism be in a mainstream classroom?"

