See below- one of the reasons you will see us continually hammer home the focus on some iteration of evidence, evidence-based practice, research validated practices, etc. etc.…those of you in language likely aren’t so aware of the facilitated communication controversy…but they have a new movie on Netflix- Tell Them You Love Me on the Stubblefield case but it is characteristic of a long line of cases about FC since it was invented by Blinken and his crew at Syracuse, who is also part of the full inclusion movement, and a founding member of TASH.
https://time.com/6989297/tell-them-you-love-me-netflix-explained/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abuse_allegations_made_through_facilitated_communication
Nice video:
https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/movies
More recently, it has been rebranded as “supported typing or rapid prompting.” And nice people supporting it- always hard to go against families who have kids with disabilities…”Tharp Completes Ironman Triathalon to Honor His Nonverbal
Autistic Brother and Support Saved By Typing”
And some of the hokey stuff that originated at Syracuse is making its way into special education, being rolled out under the ablism umbrella…now being pushed out by Kansas of all places…
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