I deeply do not wish to get back into yelling about #FacilitatedCommunication, but there really are people out there 1) fully discounting the value of science to evaluate it AND 2) fully embracing the ESP of it all that is the way some practitioners "know" FC works.
Had the pleasure of attending a Q&A with the Brotherhood of the Wordless today at #WoodfordFolkFestival, a group of #nonverbal poets, writers, teachers and advocates who use #facilitatedcommunication.
Check them out if you get the chance.
brotherhoodofthewordless.com/we-point/
Long overdue but great to finally see the #RCSLT has spoken up against #facilitatedCommunication and the like.
www.rcslt.org/members/deli...
#FacilitatedCommunication is a controversial method, NOT recommended by the NHS & other professional bodies & charities due to a lack of evidence, writes @garynunn.bsky.social Alex's parents are working with the #RCSLT on new guidance re assessing Mental Capacity. #grossEXPLOITATION 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Non-verbal Alex's speech facilitator claimed he'd said-via an ABC board-he wanted to live in a town away from his family
“He’d have died if that happened” mum Mary Busk says
As she learnt, it very nearly did #facilitatedcommunication
My @theipaper feature: liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/363...
New @FCisnotScience discussing #FacilitatedCommunication and #TheTelepathyTapes www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MN...
New video by #FCisnotScience #TheTelepathyTapes the "popsicle stick test" #FacilitatedCommunication www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwUS...
Why does Battye's 2024/5 #GestaltLanguageProcessing text push so many texts that rely on #FacilitatedCommunication #SpellersMethod #RPM?
UK NICE Guidelines say #FC shouldn't be used.
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG1...
Her 2023 text 'Navigating AAC') was sensible.
Avoid a slide into pseudoscience.
Watch this to see how facilitators cue their student without touching @fcisnotscience.bsky.social #FacilitatedCommunication #TheTelepathyTapes www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ex...
Important lecture #FacilitatedCommunication #TheTelepathyTapes @stuartvyse.bsky.social @fcisnotscience.bsky.social "In my opinion ...this young mans rights are being violated..not loved for who he really is, he is instead being turned into a fantasy for his parents." www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhL-...
Another critique by Janyce Boynton of #facilitatedcommunication www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfaL... @fcisnotscience.bsky.social
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jam...
Well done man with an unusual spelling @stuartvyse.bsky.social #FacilitatedCommunication #TheTelepathyTapes @fcisnotscience.bsky.social
Wonderful interview with Katharine Beals by Brian Kerby for 502 Conversations about language acquisition and #FacilitatedCommunication www.youtube.com/watch?v=nldp...
This is an amazing and powerful interview by Amanda Knox with Kevin Plantan about the harm of #FacilitatedCommunication podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
A screengrab of an AI summary from a Google search page. The header reads "What is AAC?" and the body text reads "AAC is a way for people with disabilities to communicate. There are several types of AAC, including non-tech, aided low-tech, and aided high-tech. Facilitated communication (FC) is an AAC approach that uses writing, typing, gesturing, or pointing to help people express themselves." Below this is a statement reading "Generative Al is experimental." to the right is a link to "Autism Parenting Magazine" with the link text "Facilitated Communication for Children with Autism" and a short description "Facilitated communication (FC), is anaugmentative and alternative communicati..." Autism Parenting Magazine ..."
This is deeply problematic from @googlesearch.bsky.social AI Summary. Positioning #facilitatedcommunication on a par with other #AAC #AugComm approaches is factually wrong. Searched: "medicare aac". Reported. @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social @fcisnotscience.bsky.social
Time for an updated systematic review of #FacilitatedCommunication and an updated systematic review of #RapidPromptingMethod #S2C #SpellersMethod
Because everyone is falling for #TelepathyTapes
Wondering if any SLPs coming out believing it’s true have worked in the field of AAC?
#ASHA2025
Scammy, dishonest, deceptive, and dangerous, #FCisNotScience #FacilitatedCommunication (and its derivatives, like #S2C #RPM) are not science either)...but good and well intentioned people get sucked in. Even some
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES & #JOURNALISTS. <<ping>> @garynunn.bsky.social @amylutz4.bsky.social
Another good long read on the Telepathy Tapes www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... #FacilitatedCommunication
Proud to stand up for communication rights.
What’s the reason I am being attacked over an empty systematic review? (PS it’s not to do with ASHA or ABA at all).
i think it’s because the main NLA teachers are supportive of #FacilitatedCommunication and #RapidPromptingMethod
Just resubmitted this.
Friedman-HauserG JacobsonM 2024. Pursuing Justice for Children with Disabilities: Exploring the Risks of AAC & Advancing the Field. International Journal on Child Maltreatment. (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s424... #FacilitatedCommunication #Pseudoscience #bskySPEECHIES @katharinebeals.bsky.social
