"I Don't Care About The Science" | Spelling to Communicate | Facilitated Communication
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Published 2023-07-27
This educational video is intended to draw attention to the problem of facilitator cuing in Facilitated Communication (FC). FC is also known as Spelling to Communicate (S2C), Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), and many other names.
In this video, Dr. Sarathy and her son, Sid, use Spelling to Communicate, as featured in the movie "Spellers." Dr. Sarathy appears to understand that FC is has no scientifically rigorous proof to back up proponent claims of independence, but she uses it anyone. But, is does a belief in FC adequately prevent facilitator control and cuing during letter selection?
To date, there is no reliably controlled evidence to prove that FC/S2C/RPM or any of their variants produce independent communication. Rather, research shows that facilitators, not the individuals being subjected to it, control FC-generated messages.
Organizations such as the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities oppose its use, citing lack of scientific evidence, facilitator control, prompt dependency, financial and opportunity costs, and other harms.
Clever Hands: Uncontrolled Intelligence in Facilitated Communication: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12872881/
Wheeler, DL, Jacobson, JW, Paglieri, RA, and Schwartz, AA. (1993). An experimental assessment of facilitated communication. Mental Retardation. Vol 31 (1), 49-60.
FMI: Controlled Studies: www.facilitatedcommunication.org/controlled-studie…
FMI about systematic reviews, opposition statements, controlled studies, FC in the legal system and more: www.facilitatedcommunication.org/
All Comments (10)
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“I’m a scientist I don’t care about the science” 🤦♂️ Since she “knows” Sid is talking it would be very easy to preform a double-blind test and prove that he actually is. If S2C works there would be no reason for science to not confirm that. I doubt she would take belief as evidence in any other circumstance.
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great questions
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He's not looking where he is pointing!!!
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WOW the mother is not making any sense at all - she does not care about the science ... get a life. With that attitude someone should look at her credentials. If she wants to work with Sid on his own and just believe what she chooses, fine. But don't go onto a film and not expect criticism. No one forced you to go public. No one forced you to film it like it was. They had choices of what to release, and if this is what they choose as "quality" then I hate to think of what "bad" would look like.
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That is funny then tell me why my son uses a keyboard and types his own thoughts and opinions.
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if sid authors a book this way and it turns out he can't even spell "potatoe" then who wrote the book? i'm gonna have to say ALIENS!
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Ok but you talk about 20 jump cuts to spell that one phrase but you’re showing two different scenes, one where he is OUTSIDE.
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This channel does nothing to actually help these kids or people who want to communicate. Thank god there are people like these facilitators who are actually trying to help these people communicate. There are plenty of people who get to a point where they are communicating on a keyboard without a facilitators help. It is not hard to find the proof. Have a great day!
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Tell me again - what is the purpose of your video? Who are you aiming to help? For the life of me - l can’t see the purpose of uploading this video….except for your own self aggrandisement
