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Re-release: My Response to The Telepathy Tapes
Here's my truama-informed critique of the Telepathy Tapes podcast. In this episode, I unpack how telepathy claims about non-speaking autistic people intersect with facilitated communication, dehumanization, and inspiration-porn narratives. It highlights ethical and practical concerns around FC-style communication modalities, ideomotor effects, and the need for independent AAC access and communication safety. Listeners gain alternative, evidence-aligned explanations for “mind-reading” stories and are invited to examine internalized ableism and magical-disability tropes so they can advocate for more humanizing, autonomy-supporting AAC practices.
For any helping professional out there (but especially my fellow SLPs):
*** ACCESS FREE THREE MONTHS OF MY PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/ttislp/redeem/B9E36 ***
YouTube channel episode of my response: https://youtu.be/tgNmIDtzJpw (like and subscribe if you like it!)
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By Kim Neely, CCC-SLPHere's my truama-informed critique of the Telepathy Tapes podcast. In this episode, I unpack how telepathy claims about non-speaking autistic people intersect with facilitated communication, dehumanization, and inspiration-porn narratives. It highlights ethical and practical concerns around FC-style communication modalities, ideomotor effects, and the need for independent AAC access and communication safety. Listeners gain alternative, evidence-aligned explanations for “mind-reading” stories and are invited to examine internalized ableism and magical-disability tropes so they can advocate for more humanizing, autonomy-supporting AAC practices.
For any helping professional out there (but especially my fellow SLPs):
*** ACCESS FREE THREE MONTHS OF MY PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/ttislp/redeem/B9E36 ***
YouTube channel episode of my response: https://youtu.be/tgNmIDtzJpw (like and subscribe if you like it!)
About:
The Trauma-Informed SLP website (Also includes my Work Cited page.)
Our email
YouTube Playlist for Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergents
Follow us on all the things! https://linktr.ee/TTISLP