ICI at Syracuse University
Autism Support Groups: Building Autistic Community – What Autistic Culture Can Mean To You
Our previous post in the 2012 ICI Autism Summer Institute series, ICI Autism Summer Institute Workshop: Communication and Inclusion – Principles for Going Forward, focused on strategies for transforming the landscape of possibility to achieve full and free access to communication and inclusive education. Co-hosted by Syracuse University School of Education’s Institute on Communication and…
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Our previous post in the 2012 ICI Autism Summer Institute series, Behavior is Communicative…But There Is More to Say than “I Am Mad”, discussed how people with significant behavioral needs, even those with limited communication skills, can learn to solve problems and be a part of their own support team. Co-hosted by Syracuse University School…
Read MoreSyracuse Autism Conference: Behavior is Communicative… But There Is More to Say than “I Am Mad”
Co-hosted by Syracuse University School of Education’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI) and the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities, the Autism Summer Institute is an annual conference that brings together FC typers, parents, facilitators/trainers, and educators for an educational and engaging journey, with workshops, presentations, panels and more. Our previous post in…
Read MoreAutism Support Groups: Speak Out! / How People with Autism Achieve Independent Communication; Syracuse Summer Conference 2012
Our previous post in the 2012 ICI Autism Summer Institute series, Autism Support Groups: Practicing Message-Passing Skills In FC; Syracuse University Summer Conference 2012, discussed discussed the importance of facilitated communication (FC) users developing the ability to convey unknown information to another person via supported typing. Co-hosted by Syracuse University School of Education’s Institute on…
Read MoreICI Autism Summer Institute Workshop: Research in Facilitated Communication: Shifting from “If” to “How”
Our previous post in the 2012 ICI Autism Summer Institute series, ICI Autism Summer Institute: Introduction to Facilitated Communication – Learning the Basics, featured the opening presentation of the conference, which was hosted by typers Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher, who were featured in the documentary film Wretches & Jabberers, and Master Trainers Pascal Cheng,…
Read MoreICI Autism Summer Institute Workshop: Introduction to Facilitated Communication – Learning the Basics
In our last post, ICI Autism Summer Institute: Workshops Overview, we presented an overview of the workshops that took place at the 2012 Autism Summer Institute, co-hosted by Syracuse University School of Education’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion and the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities. This post looks at the first, introductory workshop,…
Read MoreICI Autism Summer Institute: Workshops Overview
In our last post, ICI Autism Summer Institute: Training and Information for FC Typers, Parents, Trainers and Educators, we presented an outline of the Keynote presentations and workshops that took place at the 2012 Autism Summer Institute, co-hosted by Syracuse University School of Education’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion and the University of New Hampshire…
Read MoreICI Autism Summer Institute: Training and Information for FC Typers, Parents, Trainers and Educators
The Syracuse University School of Education’s Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI) is a leader in the field of research and training on facilitated communication (FC). Its initiatives stress the important relationship of communication to inclusion. Each year, the ICI sponsors the Autism Summer Institute, an educational and engaging journey, with workshops, presentations, panels for…
Read MoreInstitute on Communication and Inclusion at Syracuse University
For almost two decades the Institute on Communication and Inclusion has been giving a voice and a means to communicate to people with disabilities who may have otherwise been living in silence or isolation. The Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI) conducts research and promotes support for people with disabilities to communicate in schools and…
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