Caroline Bowen PhD
What would make The New York Post @the@[email protected] want to run a story on feckless #FacilitatedCommunication (#Spelling2Communicate #S2C)? The author of the article, journalist Lenore Skenazy writes from a position of breathless wonder at the "miracle" of #FC and kindred "communication" modalities. TERRIBLE. @katharinebeals @BronwynHemsley #Pseudoscience @slp_slt @slpfedi @autisticadvocacy
https://nypost.com/2022/12/24/severely-autistic-kids-use-miracle-tool-to-communicate-for-first-time/ #AUTISM
How a miracle tool enables severely autistic kids to communicate for the first time

An amazing — and controversial — teaching technique called Spelling2Communicate or “S2C” is just starting to gain acceptance. It isn’t easy. Learning it can take up to a year. But, for severely aut…

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Jan 9, 2023 at 3:11amWeb
Show threadGraemeSacksJan 19, 2023
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I would love to know more about this. I've had parents swear by S2C and have even recorded a song written by a teenager using the method. Is it a scam? Where can I get further info?
Show threadCaroline Bowen PhDJan 19, 2023

This https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/blog/is-s2c-really-a-christmas-miracle is a good place to start learning about S2C, Rapid Prompting Method, and various other forms of Facilitated Communication, @GraemeSacks If you can stomach a bit more pseudoscience, look up "Facilitated Communication" in Wikipedia where there is a very well researched and nicely written article, and further leads.

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Is S2C Really a (Christmas) Miracle? — Facilitated Communication

December is a great time for newspapers to publish Facilitated Communication (FC) miracle stories. Credulous reporters and click-bait-conscious editors, I suppose, want to give their readers some hope for the upcoming new year. On December 24, 2022, with her New York Post article called “How a mi

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Show threadGraemeSacksJan 19, 2023
@CarolineBowen Thank you
Show threadKatharine BealsJan 19, 2023

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Drexel University is hosting a free conference in a few weeks that will include a discussion of S2C. There is a remote option for attendance. More info here:
https://drexel.edu/soe/resources/events/upcoming-events/detail/?eid=37163&iid=99551

The Resurgence and Rebranding of Facilitated Communication and Why You Should Care

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