Being as charitable and honest as we can, facilitate communication is an ineffective pseudoscience. We explore the history, the claims, and a careful discussion of the general procedures. We handle this first discussion gently. Next episode, the gloves come off.

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Links:

1. https://neuroclastic.com/logical-fallacies/
2. https://www.asha.org/policy/ps2018-00352/
3. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/organizations-opposing-fc
4. Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history of facilitated communication: Science, pseudoscience, and antiscience science working group on facilitated communication. American Psychologist, 50(9), 750–765. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.50.9.750
5. https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-guide/facilitated-communication#:~:text=Facilitated%20communication%20is%20based%20on,they%20can%20use%20these%20tools.
6. https://notanautismmom.com/2022/01/04/asha-position-statement-fc-rpm/
7. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
8. https://i-asc.org/
9. https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/
10. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3
11. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/facilitated-communication-is-still-pseudoscience/
12. https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-facilitated-communication-session-199-with-jason-travers/
13. https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts/episode-876
14. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/
15. https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-stop-exposing-people-to-the-dangers-of-facilitated-communication-95942#:~:text=FC%20can%20mask%20the%20true,for%20sex%2C%20or%20other%20crimes.
16. Thompson, T. (1994). Review of Communication Unbound by Douglas Biklen. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 98, 670-673.
17. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/who-doing-pointing-when-communication-facilitated
18. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3

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