Facilitated Communication Pt. 2: The Science

The follow-up to the history of Facilitated Communication. How can we determine if the messages typed by an individual with little or no previous language experience is coming from them or their facilitator? Simply. This episode describes the experiments that cleverly demonstrated the nature of the Facilitated Communication dynamic. It was very one-sided. Only one-sided in fact. Check out part two of the FC trilogy.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Join a Book Club
• Shane: Transmetropolitan (https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/transmetropolitan-1997/transmetropolitan-book-one)

Links and References

1. https://neuroclastic.com/logical-fallacies/
2. https://www.asha.org/policy/ps2018-00352/
3. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/organizations-opposing-fc
4. Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history of facilitated communication: Science, pseudoscience, and antiscience science working group on facilitated communication. American Psychologist, 50(9), 750–765. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.50.9.750
5. https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-guide/facilitated-communication#:~:text=Facilitated%20communication%20is%20based%20on,they%20can%20use%20these%20tools.
6. https://notanautismmom.com/2022/01/04/asha-position-statement-fc-rpm/
7. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
8. https://i-asc.org/
9. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/
10. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3
11. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/facilitated-communication-is-still-pseudoscience/
12. https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-facilitated-communication-session-199-with-jason-travers/
13. https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts/episode-876
14. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
15. https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-stop-exposing-people-to-the-dangers-of-facilitated-communication-95942#:~:text=FC%20can%20mask%20the%20true,for%20sex%2C%20or%20other%20crimes.
16. Thompson, T. (1994). Review of Communication Unbound by Douglas Biklen. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 98, 670-673.
17. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/who-doing-pointing-when-communication-facilitated
18. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3

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