FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 5/15/24 FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 5/15/24 News Roundup, May 2022 to April, 2024: Uncritical reports of S2C and RPM breakthroughs Read More Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Janyce Boynton 5/8/24 Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Janyce Boynton 5/8/24 Response to Reader Question: Has FC Changed since the early 1990s? - Part 1 Read More Spelling to Communicate, Validation Testing, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 2/7/24 Spelling to Communicate, Validation Testing, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 2/7/24 Myths about myths, validity, and natural message-passing tests, Part I Read More Scholarly Article Review, Developmental Apraxia, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 1/24/24 Scholarly Article Review, Developmental Apraxia, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 1/24/24 Why apraxia can’t explain away the need for physical touch, held-up letterboards, or hovering prompters Read More Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, FC in the Media, Book Review Katharine Beals 1/10/24 Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, FC in the Media, Book Review Katharine Beals 1/10/24 Falling for Happiness Falls: Is it too much to ask we overcome our skepticism and just believe? 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Read More Movie Review, Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 5/24/23 Movie Review, Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 5/24/23 A Review of the Movie Spellers: a Documercial for Spelling to Communicate Read More Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 5/10/23 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 5/10/23 A final post on autism-related challenges that are supposed to explain away our concerns about FC: motor control, echolalia, and word retrieval Read More Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/26/23 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/26/23 Do facilitated individuals have motor difficulties that explain away our concerns about FC? Part II Read More Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/12/23 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/12/23 Do facilitated individuals have motor difficulties that explain away our concerns about FC? Part I Read More History of FC, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 4/5/23 History of FC, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 4/5/23 The Unusual and Excessive Hype of FC Read More Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Katharine Beals 2/15/23 Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Katharine Beals 2/15/23 An inside look at S2C: “We actually discourage them from using their speech while they are spelling” Read More Facilitated Communication, Book Review, History of FC Janyce Boynton 12/28/22 Facilitated Communication, Book Review, History of FC Janyce Boynton 12/28/22 An Alternative Interpretation of Unusual Communication? Part II Read More History of FC, Facilitated Communication, Scholarly Article Review Janyce Boynton 12/14/22 History of FC, Facilitated Communication, Scholarly Article Review Janyce Boynton 12/14/22 An Alternative Interpretation of Unusual Communication? Part I Read More Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Scholarly Article Review Katharine Beals 8/24/22 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Scholarly Article Review Katharine Beals 8/24/22 Do motor difficulties really explain speech/language difficulties in autism? Read More Speech and Language, Joint Attention, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 6/22/22 Speech and Language, Joint Attention, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 6/22/22 Why does Joint Attention look Atypical in Autism—and does it matter? 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Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Janyce Boynton 5/8/24 Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Janyce Boynton 5/8/24 Response to Reader Question: Has FC Changed since the early 1990s? - Part 1 Read More
Spelling to Communicate, Validation Testing, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 2/7/24 Spelling to Communicate, Validation Testing, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 2/7/24 Myths about myths, validity, and natural message-passing tests, Part I Read More
Scholarly Article Review, Developmental Apraxia, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 1/24/24 Scholarly Article Review, Developmental Apraxia, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 1/24/24 Why apraxia can’t explain away the need for physical touch, held-up letterboards, or hovering prompters Read More
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Social Motivation, Scholarly Article Review, Speech and Language, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 6/7/23 Social Motivation, Scholarly Article Review, Speech and Language, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 6/7/23 Are autistic individuals really as socially motivated as the rest of us? Read More
Movie Review, Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 5/24/23 Movie Review, Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 5/24/23 A Review of the Movie Spellers: a Documercial for Spelling to Communicate Read More
Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 5/10/23 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 5/10/23 A final post on autism-related challenges that are supposed to explain away our concerns about FC: motor control, echolalia, and word retrieval Read More
Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/26/23 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/26/23 Do facilitated individuals have motor difficulties that explain away our concerns about FC? Part II Read More
Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/12/23 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 4/12/23 Do facilitated individuals have motor difficulties that explain away our concerns about FC? Part I Read More
History of FC, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 4/5/23 History of FC, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 4/5/23 The Unusual and Excessive Hype of FC Read More
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Facilitated Communication, Book Review, History of FC Janyce Boynton 12/28/22 Facilitated Communication, Book Review, History of FC Janyce Boynton 12/28/22 An Alternative Interpretation of Unusual Communication? Part II Read More
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Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Scholarly Article Review Katharine Beals 8/24/22 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Scholarly Article Review Katharine Beals 8/24/22 Do motor difficulties really explain speech/language difficulties in autism? Read More
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