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7:10pm August 4, 2014
Anonymous asked: If you don't mind, could you share your thoughts about facilitated communication especially in relation to autism? I tried googling it but honestly I don't know how to tell the good articles from the bad. In any case thanks for taking the time to read this!

I believe that FC can be both valid and invalid when done with autistic people, as with all people.  And there’s a huge number of reasons for both.  But one reason I know it can be valid, is that I’ve required similar assistance during the worst of my autistic catatonia, both with typing and with other movements.  And I know it’s valid when I do it.  I’ve also had it be invalid when someone did it on me wrong, though.  It’s a very touchy thing.  Someday I might write more on the topic.

Donna Williams has some interesting thoughts on ways it can go right and wrong, although I don’t think she has the full measure of ways it can go right and wrong by a longshot:

http://soe.syr.edu/media/documents/2010/7/in_the_real_worldwilliams.pdf

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