Facilitated Communication Pt. 1: Magic Keyboard History

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. RecommendationsAbraham: Vindication (board game; https://www.orangenebula.com/product/vindication/)Shane: Everything Everywhere All At Once (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/)Links: https://neuroclastic.com/logical-fallacies/https://www.asha.org/policy/ps2018-00352/https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/organizations-opposing-fcJacobson, 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.50.9.750https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-guide/facilitated-communication#:~:text=Facilitated%20communication%20is%20based%20on,they%20can%20use%20these%20tools.https://notanautismmom.com/2022/01/04/asha-position-statement-fc-rpm/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/https://i-asc.org/https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/facilitated-communication-is-still-pseudoscience/https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-facilitated-communication-session-199-with-jason-travers/https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcasts/episode-876https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/02/autism-center-specialist-autistic-symptoms-spectrum-disorder-spell-to-communicate/4077034002/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.Thompson, T. (1994). Review of Communication Unbound by Douglas Biklen. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 98, 670-673.https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience/who-doing-pointing-when-communication-facilitatedhttps://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/How-COVID-19-has-changed-the-culture-of-science/99/i3Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-we-do-what-we-do--3419521/support.