Sections of the dissertation?

Possible discussions/sections for the dissertation?

• Problem of Identifying Autism--
• "defining" autism, maybe a look through Burke's pentad w/ Kanner, Asperger, and today (Kirby? moving "autism" out of schizophrenia in DSM),
• semiotics/linguistics/discursive influence on autism as disability--or the lack of discursive/semiotic/linguistic construction in autistics
• high-low functioning distinction?
• metaphors describing autism?
  
• Identifying the "Gaze" of Autism--
• see blog post below
  
• discussion on high-functioning and low-functioning as it relates to an autistic's ability to disclose
  
• Identifying the "Suprahuman"--
• including discussion on autism and God, devil (presenting in November at SAMLA)
• savants' "superhuman" abilities
  
• Identifying the Commodities of/ Corporatization (?) autism-- (submit proposal to RSA for presentation in May? CFP on "responsibilities of rhetoric" so would fit well)
  
• white, upper-class condition,
  
• autism and productivity,
  
• autism and expensive treatments, therapies,
  
• autism and multi-million dollar non-profits and rhetoric of soliciting donations (all connecting to identifying autism and agency of parent and autistics to "cure" or treat autism)
  

Hmm... and within each section I would use Western media to support my claims (television, film, news, internet...) I keep coming back in my readings to identification and agency...