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Apraxia, Facilitated Communication, Speech and Language Katharine Beals 9/4/24 Apraxia, Facilitated Communication, Speech and Language Katharine Beals 9/4/24

Why FC proponents constantly invoke apraxia and how they’ve got it all wrong

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Scholarly Article Review, Speech and Language, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication Katharine Beals 7/19/23 Scholarly Article Review, Speech and Language, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication Katharine Beals 7/19/23

Does a subgroup of minimally-speaking autistic individuals have close-to-normal comprehension skills? A critique of Belmonte et al., 2013

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Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate, Speech and Language, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 7/5/23 Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate, Speech and Language, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 7/5/23

How “non-speaking” and those who call themselves “non-speakers” muddy the waters in facilitated communication

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Speech and Language, Joint Attention, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 6/21/23 Speech and Language, Joint Attention, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 6/21/23

Why no one can learn their first language without engaging in joint attention behaviors

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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Theory of Mind, Scholarly Article Review, Speech and Language, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 2/1/23 Theory of Mind, Scholarly Article Review, Speech and Language, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 2/1/23

Is there really no Theory of Mind deficit in autism? Part VI: problematic references

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Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 1/18/23 Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 1/18/23

Is there really no Theory of Mind deficit in autism? Part V: Do Theory of Mind tests fail to predict understanding of goals and desires?

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Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 1/4/23 Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 1/4/23

Is there really no Theory of Mind deficit in autism? Part IV: Do Theory of Mind tests fail to predict empathy and emotional understanding?

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Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 12/21/22 Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 12/21/22

Is there really no Theory of Mind deficit in autism? Part III: Do Theory of Mind tests fail to predict autistic traits?

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Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 12/7/22 Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 12/7/22

Is there really no Theory of Mind deficit in autism? Part II: the validity of the standard Theory of Mind measures

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Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 11/23/22 Theory of Mind, Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 11/23/22

Is there really no Theory of Mind deficit in autism? Part I: is it all about language instead?

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Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 11/9/22 Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 11/9/22

Is there really nothing inherently atypical about language development in autism? Part II

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Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 10/26/22 Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 10/26/22

Is there really nothing inherently atypical about language development in autism?

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Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 10/12/22 Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 10/12/22

Autism, figurative language, empathy, and “autistic culture”

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Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 9/7/22 Speech and Language, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 9/7/22

Is there a (socio) pragmatic language impairment in autism, or only a core language impairment?

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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?

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Speech and Language, Joint Attention, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 7/6/22 Speech and Language, Joint Attention, Scholarly Article Review, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 7/6/22

Is diminished Joint Attention really not a problem for word learning in autism?

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