Surf these sites: A History of Facilitated Communication: Science, Pseudoscience, and Antiscience: Science Working Group on Facilitated Communication -- Controlled research using single and double blind procedures in laboratory and natural settings with a range of clinical populations with which FC is used have determined that, not only are the people with disabilities unable to respond accurately to label or describe stimuli unseen by their assistants, but that the responses are controlled by the assistants. American Psychological Association - Resolution on Facilitated Communication -- The APA adopts the position that facilitated communication is a controversial and unproved communicative procedure with no scientifically demonstrated support for its efficacy. Andy Grayson''s Facilitated Communication Page -- A controversy has grown up around Facilitated Communication in the field of learning and communication disabilities because of some major claims that have been made for it. Our current research is aimed at examining the strategy in detail by means of fine-grained video analysis of FC-mediated interactions. Autism Society of America Facilitated Communication Information Package -- The Autism Society of America neither condemns nor condones facilitated communication. However, as with any treatment option, we urge interested individuals to thoroughly investigate this technique and the situations in which it may be applied, to educate themselves to the pros and cons of the treatment option, before making a decision on the appropriateness of the use of "FC" with a son, daughter, sibling or patient. We hope the enclosed materials aid you in that effort. DEAL Communication Centre -- Helps people who have no speech or inadquate speech find a means of communication. Headed by Rosemary Crossley, the inventor of Facilitated Communication. Exploring Facilitated Communication -- The status of the practice of facilitated communication (FC) in the U.S. has to some extent been reflected in the courts, where the subject has arisen in both civil and criminal proceedings. Facilitated Communication -- Detailed account of experimental testing of FC, by the Director of Research at the New England Center for Autism. Facilitated Communication Institute -- Facilitated communication is an alternative means of expression for people who cannot speak or whose speech is highly limited. The method has been used as a means to communicate for individuals with severe disabilities, including persons with labels of mental retardation, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. Facilitated Communication Training: Practice Guidelines -- The intent of these guidelines is to support the effective and appropriate use of FC. FC speakers and their teams can use these guidelines as a planning and evaluating tool. It is important that all members of a FC speaker''s team be familiar with them so that they are able to make informed decisions regarding the use of FC. Facilitated Communication and Autism: Separating Fact From Fiction -- We conclude that the procedure should be considered experimental and its use limited to scientific inquiry. Facilitated Communication: All Sides to the Issue -- What is an essay on FC doing on a religious web site? We feel that there is a major ethical component to the current debate over FC. And ethics has often been associated with religion and spirituality. Lonesome Doves -- A Group of facilitated communication users in Pennsylvania who are actively promoting FC as a valid method of alternative and augmentive communication. This website is designed by them. Skeptic''s Dictionary: Facilitated Communication (FC) -- FC is amazing because it has surpassed all other junk science fads, affecting families, schools, universities, the law, and even the arts.
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