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Spelling to Communicate, FC in Schools Janyce Boynton 6/28/23 Spelling to Communicate, FC in Schools Janyce Boynton 6/28/23

Why would a school system be so “dead set against” S2C?

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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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History of FC, Validation Testing, Fad Treatments Janyce Boynton 6/14/23 History of FC, Validation Testing, Fad Treatments Janyce Boynton 6/14/23

Do Critics of FC “Presume Lack of Competence”? Part III: Jacobson, Mulick & Schwartz

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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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Critiques of Facilitated Communication, History of FC, Controlled Studies Janyce Boynton 5/31/23 Critiques of Facilitated Communication, History of FC, Controlled Studies Janyce Boynton 5/31/23

Do Critics of FC “Presume Lack of Competence”? Part II: Green & Shane

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Movie Review, Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 5/24/23 Movie Review, Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 5/24/23

A Review of the Movie Spellers: a Documercial for Spelling to Communicate

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Scholarly Article Review, Disability Rights, Authorship Katharine Beals and Janyce Boynton 5/17/23 Scholarly Article Review, Disability Rights, Authorship Katharine Beals and Janyce Boynton 5/17/23

Who’s Behind “Who Decides the Autism Science Agenda?”

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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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Critiques of Facilitated Communication, Controlled Studies, Authorship Janyce Boynton 5/3/23 Critiques of Facilitated Communication, Controlled Studies, Authorship Janyce Boynton 5/3/23

Do Critics of FC “Presume Lack of Competence”? Part I: Calculator & Singer

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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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Facilitated Communication, Movie Review, FC in the Media Janyce Boynton 4/19/23 Facilitated Communication, Movie Review, FC in the Media Janyce Boynton 4/19/23

Does “Inside the Edge” Live Up to its Claims that FC Leads to Independence?

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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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History of FC, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 4/5/23 History of FC, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 4/5/23

The Unusual and Excessive Hype of FC

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FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 3/29/23 FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method Katharine Beals 3/29/23

Mysterious disappearances in the world of FC: What does it take to sustain the illusion?

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Facilitator Crimes, FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 3/22/23 Facilitator Crimes, FC in the Media, Facilitated Communication Janyce Boynton 3/22/23

The Tragic Story of Gigi Jordan, her son, and FC

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Facilitated Communication, Book Review, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 3/15/23 Facilitated Communication, Book Review, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 3/15/23

The NIH falls for FC: How did this happen and is it reversible?

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Book Review, Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, FC in Schools Janyce Boynton 3/8/23 Book Review, Facilitated Communication, FC in the Media, FC in Schools Janyce Boynton 3/8/23

Is Anything Real in Cujec and Goddard’s book “REAL?”

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Authorship, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 3/1/23 Authorship, Spelling to Communicate, Rapid Prompting Method, FC in the Media Katharine Beals 3/1/23

Actually there are published authorship results for S2C/RPM… and they aren’t good

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Spelling to Communicate, FC in Schools, Disability Rights, FC and the Legal System Janyce Boynton 2/22/23 Spelling to Communicate, FC in Schools, Disability Rights, FC and the Legal System Janyce Boynton 2/22/23

What Schools Can Learn about S2C from the Lower Merion School District

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Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Katharine Beals 2/15/23 Spelling to Communicate, FC in the Media, Critiques of Facilitated Communication Katharine Beals 2/15/23

An inside look at S2C: “We actually discourage them from using their speech while they are spelling”

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