Iris Grace

Iris Grace is a five year old girl who was diagnosed with autism at the age of two. She's just starting to talk but she has one of the most beautiful talents anybody has ever seen. Iris can paint! Her art is so amazing that it came out in the newspaper. Her parents were happy and ok with that because it raised awareness of her condition and inspired other families in similar situations. This story was published globally in 207 different countries in the year of 2013.

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

1. What is your working EQ?
What is the link between vaccines and autism in children?

2. What is the link between vaccines and autism in children?

• Children who delay vaccines do no better than children who receive vaccines; delaying vaccines cause children to be more at risks for diseases.
• Safety is constantly evaluated and re-evaluated in a system operating independently from the pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines. 
• There is no link between vaccines and autism in children. One of the reasons for Autism could be the kinds of chemical that are spread throughout the air that are known as neurodevelopment toxicants.

3. What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?

The most important sources I have used that have helped me come up with an answer to my working EQ are articles that are published through the Scientific American website. The articles published there are always recent and filled with so much detailed about everything that is going on with today. The link between vaccines and autism in children is still happening as of right now. Scientists have yet found absolutely no link whatsoever.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/

4. Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

My mentor is Dr. Chen. She's a pediatrician at the pediatric clinic that I do my mentorship at. Autism is nearly seen when the patient is a child. That's when parents start realizing that their child isn't like any other; they start realizing really bad behavioral problems. Working on my mentorship at the pediatric clinic relates to my working EQ because I get to talk to doctors who have either diagnosed Autism or treated a patient with Autism. These doctors have been around children with Autism and can talk to me about the topic. 

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1. What I plan to do for my 30 hours of Independent Component is to keep doing the same thing I was doing for mentorship, only this time I will work more with my mentor, Dr. Chen. By that I mean that I will shadow with her more often rather than how much I did for mentorship. I will shadow Dr. Chen and see how she treats her patients, as I'm shadowing her I will write down some questions that I'll have for her to answer by the time she's done seeing patients. After I'm done shadowing with her I will ask her if she could take some time to answer the questions I have for that day.

2. To meet the expectations of showing 30 hours of evidence for my Independent Component I will type out the questions and answers I asked my mentor. That way I have my evidence but I also have answers that will help me for my senior topic.

3. What I will be doing for my Independent Component will help me explore my topic in more depth by, helping me understand and answer my senior topic and essential question. The answers I will receive from my mentor will help me with my senior topic because the questions I will be asking are ones that I knew nothing about and find interest in.