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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC's school has a program in Facilitated Communication (a method where a facilitator supports a non-verbal autistic student to type by supporting their hand as they access a keyboard).  I just read about this in Forbes (link below) and apparently it is totally debunked and scientists and psychologists think that it is ineffective and abusive. How is MCPS paying for this? DC says that these students are mainstreamed and get nothing done in class. Thoughts?

[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2018/06/18/facilitated-communication-may-be-an-abuse-of-human-rights-why-is-a-university-teaching-it/#1884125a29f3[/url]
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Huh.  I don't know much about this, but I have a friend who has posted on Facebook about the way facilitated communication has enabled her non-verbal autistic daughter to communicate (and has even posted some of her daughter's messages).  Didn't realize it was considered a hoax, and my friend is highly educated so not the type to fall for junk science.  [/quote]

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