In this episode, Ally covers the case of Derrick Johnson, a non-speaking man with cerebral palsy whose family believed a Rutgers professor might be helping him communicate in a new way. What began as hope that Derrick had been underestimated became a disturbing case involving facilitated communication, consent, disability, race, power, and the question of who was really speaking for Derrick.

Before we get into the episode, we pose the question: if you could, would you want to hear how your boyfriend, girlfriend, or situationship talks about you when you’re not there? Of course we relate it back to Love Island because it is our current obsession. Then we discuss boy brains vs. girl brains when it comes to relationships.

Story starts: 7:01

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Sources:

• Netflix Tudum: Tell Them You Love Me
• TIME: The Chilling Story Behind the Documentary Tell Them You Love Me
• People: Inside Anna Stubblefield’s Case Featured in Hit Netflix Documentary Tell Them You Love Me
• State v. Stubblefield: New Jersey Appellate Opinion
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Facilitated Communication Position Statement
• CDC: About Cerebral Palsy
• FacilitatedCommunication.org: Thoughts About Tell Them You Love Me, Anna Stubblefield, and FC/S2C/RPM
• Bioethics Today: Tell Them You Love Me is Shamefully Ableist
• The Guardian: Tell Them You Love Me Review