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Contested Words Contested Science: Unraveling the Facilitated Communication Controversy

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NH-INACTIVE-Institute on Disability, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2008

Contact Information:

Jill Varney
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603-862-4320

Product Description:

Facilitated Communication is a lightning rod of controversy in the world of special education. Its proponents claim that the technique of allowing persons with autism, Down syndrome, and other pervasive developmental disorders to type their thoughts on a computer keyboard allows for the release of previously unknown intelligence and communicative abilities. Its detractors claim that it is a hoax whose validity is yet to be proven. With this book, Douglas Biklen and Donald Cardinal present an impressive collection of new studies providing evidence in support of facilitated communication, including a study carried out by a person who uses facilitated communication, Eugene Marcus, a young man with autism.

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