Interviews from former facilitators

To date, facilitators who have tried and abandoned FC/S2C/RPM for a variety of reasons have been reticent to speak publicly about their experiences. The pioneers were the facilitators from the O.D. Heck Center in New York who were among the first in the United States to participate in reliably controlled tests for authorship. They were devastated to learn that about a fatal flaw in FC: facilitator cueing and control over letter selection. But, despite their personal devastation, they decided to speak out against the dangers of using FC and have served as a role model for facilitators that followed.

Their experiences with FC are documented in the 1993 film Prisoners of Silence.

Since the 1990s, Janyce Boynton has been among the few former facilitators to publicly speak out against the use of FC/S2C/RPM. We’ve listed some of the interviews she’s given on this page, but hope to add other former facilitators’ stories to this page as well.

May 27, 2026. The Failure of Facilitated Communication - A Conversation with Janyce Boynton (with host Rob Palmer). Center for Inquiry.

March 30, 2026 - RfRx - The Truth About Facilitated Communication, Featuring Janyce Boynton. Recovering from Religion

December 27, 2019. Facilitated Communication and Autism: What We Need to Know | Janyce L. Boynton. Center for Inquiry.

February 1, 2021. Janyce Boynton - Facilitated Communication - I thought that died in the 1990s! Monterey Skeptics Society and About Time.

July 9, 2020 - Facilitated Communication Activist Janyce Boynton. 502 Conversations.

May 5, 2026. Ky Dickens Tried to Censor My Telepathy Tapes Debunk (featuring an interview with Janyce Boynton). Professor Dave Explains.

August 25, 2023. A Journey from FC Believer to Skeptic. FCisNotScience.

June 14, 2020. About Time Presents Susan Gerbic in Conversation with Janyce Boynton (Part 1).

June 23, 2020. About Time Presents Susan Gerbic in conversation with Janyce Boynton (Part 2)

July 16, 2020. About Time Presents In Conversation with Janyce Boynton

July 24, 2020. Susan Gerbic In Conversation with Janyce Boynton - What’s the Harm with FC. About Time.