Advocates of "spelling to communicate" claim it can help nonverbal people communicate with words. Top-level experts have criticized the method and said the people are "cued" to point to the letters.
“Once I sluggishly died to the idea of talking, my mind was free to roam.” Those words begin a poem written by Richie Specht, 27, using what is known as the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). The poem was ...
This two-part conference will address the resurgence of new variants of facilitated communication (FC) that have appeared across the country, including in the Philadelphia area. A school in Newtown ...
At 18 years old, these North Texas twins with autism are able to communicate through a technique called the Rapid Prompting Method. Senate Democrats block government funding bill for 13th time Car ...
On May 10, 2023, the journal Nature stooped to a new low when it credulously highlighted one of the most rampant forms of pseudoscience in the world of autism. Facilitated communication, a method that ...
Classes for people with autism, which were stopped due to a noise complaint, are to be reinstated following an apology by Meath County Council. The All Ability Learning Ireland classes were providing ...