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Authorship, Critique of Pro-FC Article, Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 11/6/24 Authorship, Critique of Pro-FC Article, Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 11/6/24

Does Bernardi and Tuzzi’s 2011 Analysis of FC Prove…Anything?

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Scholarly Article Review, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 5/1/24 Scholarly Article Review, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 5/1/24

Virtual facilitation: a means to independence or yet another high-tech distraction?

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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

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Facilitated Communication, Scholarly Article Review, Language and Literacy, Critique of Pro-FC Articles Janyce Boynton 8/9/23 Facilitated Communication, Scholarly Article Review, Language and Literacy, Critique of Pro-FC Articles Janyce Boynton 8/9/23

Do Critics “Presume Lack of Competence”? Part V – Review of Broderick and Kasa-Hendrickson

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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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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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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 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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Scholarly Article Review, Joint Attention, Socio-Cognitive Development, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 7/20/22 Scholarly Article Review, Joint Attention, Socio-Cognitive Development, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 7/20/22

Is Eye Contact Really Overrated?

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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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Scholarly Article Review, Social Motivation, Joint Attention, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 5/25/22 Scholarly Article Review, Social Motivation, Joint Attention, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 5/25/22

Social motivation in autism: a critique of Jaswal & Akhtar (2019)

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Rapid Prompting Method, Scholarly Article Review, Financial and Opportunity Costs Janyce Boynton 1/26/22 Rapid Prompting Method, Scholarly Article Review, Financial and Opportunity Costs Janyce Boynton 1/26/22

RPM and DIRFloortime at What Cost?

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Facilitated Communication, Scholarly Article Review, History of FC, Ideomotor Effect Janyce Boynton 11/17/21 Facilitated Communication, Scholarly Article Review, History of FC, Ideomotor Effect Janyce Boynton 11/17/21

Rationalizations Abound: Stopping Just Shy of Knowing

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Scholarly Article Review, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 5/12/21 Scholarly Article Review, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 5/12/21

A recent eye-tracking study fails to reveal agency in assisted autistic communication

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Facilitated Communication: a thoroughly discredited yet persistent technique


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