Confirmation Bias, Motivated Reasoning Katharine Beals 3/2/22 Confirmation Bias, Motivated Reasoning Katharine Beals 3/2/22

How missed cues and wishful thinking led me astray

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Video Critique, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication, Authorship Janyce Boynton 2/23/22 Video Critique, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitated Communication, Authorship Janyce Boynton 2/23/22

Whose Voice Is Represented? A review of an FCed Session

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Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 2/16/22 Speech and Language, Motor Abilities, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 2/16/22

Why non-speaking autism probably has nothing to do with motor control problems or speech apraxia

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Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, Ethical Issues, FC in the Media Janyce Boynton 2/9/22 Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, Ethical Issues, FC in the Media Janyce Boynton 2/9/22

Do Facilitators Cast Multiple Votes on Election Day?

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Joint Attention, Facilitated Communication, Speech and Language Katharine Beals 2/2/22 Joint Attention, Facilitated Communication, Speech and Language Katharine Beals 2/2/22

What is Joint Attention and how does it relate to FC?

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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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Ethical Issues, Policy, Confirmation Bias, Ideomotor Effect Katharine Beals 1/19/22 Ethical Issues, Policy, Confirmation Bias, Ideomotor Effect Katharine Beals 1/19/22

Who dares to publicly change their mind?

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Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitator Control, Ideomotor Effect Janyce Boynton 1/12/22 Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate, Facilitator Control, Ideomotor Effect Janyce Boynton 1/12/22

An FC Primer

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Book Review, Speech and Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication Katharine Beals 1/5/22 Book Review, Speech and Language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication Katharine Beals 1/5/22

A pioneer in independent communication for non-speakers

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Notes from Admin Janyce Boynton 12/29/21 Notes from Admin Janyce Boynton 12/29/21

Thank you and see you in the New Year!

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FC in Schools, FC in the Media, Ethical Issues, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate Janyce Boynton 12/22/21 FC in Schools, FC in the Media, Ethical Issues, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate Janyce Boynton 12/22/21

FC and the Practice of Internal Medicine. How Would That Work, Exactly?

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Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Instruction, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 12/15/21 Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Instruction, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 12/15/21

ABA vs. FC: What ABA knows about autism, instructional needs, and the harmful effects of inadvertent cues

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Book Review, Facilitated Communicaton, FC in the Media Janyce Boynton 12/8/21 Book Review, Facilitated Communicaton, FC in the Media Janyce Boynton 12/8/21

Taking Shortcuts. A Review of “Contested Words, Contested Science”

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Facilitator Control, Ethical Issues Katharine Beals 12/1/21 Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Facilitator Control, Ethical Issues Katharine Beals 12/1/21

Why FC isn’t AAC for people with disabilities, but only for their facilitators

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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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Book Review, Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 11/10/21 Book Review, Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 11/10/21

Uniquely Human: Laying the groundwork for belief in FC

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FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, Facilitator Control Janyce Boynton 11/3/21 FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, Facilitator Control Janyce Boynton 11/3/21

Peripheral Vision: Perfect for Detecting Facilitator Cues

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Spelling to Communicate, FC in Schools, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 10/27/21 Spelling to Communicate, FC in Schools, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 10/27/21

An extended infomercial for Spelling to Communicate via Penn State and all of our tax dollars

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FC in Schools, FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate Janyce Boynton 10/20/21 FC in Schools, FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting Method, Spelling to Communicate Janyce Boynton 10/20/21

UPenn and Harvard Extension School Apparently Fooled By FC

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Synesthesia, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 10/13/21 Synesthesia, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, Neuropsychology of Autism Katharine Beals 10/13/21

Where does all that synesthesia and thinking in pictures come from?

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