Project Summary:
For my second auto-ethnography, I will be researching Kleine Levin Syndrome (KLS). During high school, I have battled KLS and continue to battle it each and every day of my life. During an episode of KLS, I’m completely unaware of my actions (or lack there of) and how it is to live/deal with me or to live/deal with someone who suffers from KLS. Therefore, I want to research more about KLS and inquire how people--friends and family--handle their loved ones during an episode as well as how they act when that loved one is no longer experiencing an episode and back in their life daily. This project will teach my readers and myself what KLS is, at least to the extent that doctors and researchers have discovered, how it is to live with someone who has KLS, but most importantly, spread the word about an extremely rare disorder that most doctors have never even heard of so that there can be more awareness and more proper diagnoses.
Part of my research paper will be scientific, another will be descriptive, and the last will be more anecdotal and first-hand experiences/opinions. By incorporating those three aspects to the project, it will develop a more dynamic and educational end result because lacking just one would make the project incomplete and missing a vital portion of the overall story. Not only will my readers learn about KLS, but I will too. Although I have KLS I only know the basics when is comes to the syndrome and hardly know the affect it has on my family and friends. All the components of the project, from the first-hand account from me, interviews from my parents, and scientific research, will culminate into a truly unique, educational, and dynamic product. |