Posts Tagged ‘Facilitated Communication’
SBT’s Next Celebration of Communication is Saturday April 15, 2017
REGISTER for Our Next Celebration of Communication on Saturday, April 15, 2017 We are pleased to announce that our next Celebration of Communication which will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 4:00 PM. Please join us on the 3rd Saturday of every month for our Celebration of Communication. These informal gatherings provide a…
Read MoreNonverbal Autistic’s Brother Shows Support by “Racing for a Voice”
Joey and Clayton Tharpe are loving brothers. Unfortunately, as much as he wanted to, for 27 years Clayton was unable to tell his brother that he loved him. The reason for this is that Clayton has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that made him unable to speak or communicate in any effective way with his…
Read MoreInstitute on Communication & Inclusion 2017 Events Update
For many of us, Summer Vacation includes a trip East to attend the Syracuse University Institute on Communication & Inclusion‘s Autism Summer Institute. This year, however, the ICI will not be hosting a conference on the East Coast. Instead, they will join forces with the University of Northern Iowa for the 2017 Midwest Summer Institute:…
Read More2016 Midwest Autism Summer Institute Coming to Des Moines June 27 – 28
We want to remind everyone that the 2016 Midwest Summer Institute is rapidly approaching. This year’s Institute, the theme of which is “Advocating for Access: the Right to Inclusion, the Right to Communication” will take place at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa on June 27 and 28. The event is hosted by…
Read More2016 Midwest Autism Summer Institute Information Update
As we reported in January, the University of Northern Iowa, in partnership with the Institute for Inclusion and Communication at Syracuse University, Inclusion Connection, and Disability Studies in Education, will host the 2016 Midwest Summer Institute – Advocating for Access: the Right to Inclusion, the Right to Communication in Des Moines, Iowa on June 27…
Read MoreOne Parent’s Response to Lisa Brady’s Attack on Facilitated Communication
As we mentioned in our article “The New FC Debate, Round 3: Another “Expert” Enters the Fight,” Lisa Brady, M.Ed., a so-called “autism expert,” has entered the fray in an effort to throw the worst light possible on the use of FC to help nonverbal autistics communicate. In January, Brady distributed an email with the…
Read MoreThe New FC Debate, Round 3: Another “Expert” Enters the Fight
A few weeks ago, we first reported about the latest round of attacks on the efficacy of facilitated communication (FC) in the post “Join the Fight Against Attack on Nonverbal Autistics’ Right to Communicate.” after author David Auerbach published his controversial article “Facilitated Communication Is a Cult That Won’t Die,” on Slate.com. In our post,…
Read MoreOur Thanks to 500 Festival Princess Bailey Troutman for her Visit to SBT’s Celebration of Communication
Newly appointed 500 Festival Princess Bailey Troutman delighted Saved By Typing’s members when she visited our monthly Celebration of Communication On Saturday, February 21. Bailey is the sister of typer and SBT member Brock Troutman, a nonverbal autistic who uses Facilitated Communication (FC), aka supported typing, to communicate with his family, friends, and the outside…
Read MoreNCHS Student/SBT Member on Her Use of Facilitated Communication
Saved By Typing member Kelsey Krause recently posted this brief but to-the-point response to the current stream of criticism about Facilitated Communication on her blog “Kelsey’s Korner.” Her blog, along with those of other students, is hosted on NCHSLive!, the blog site of North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. Thanks for the shout-out, Kelsey.…
Read MoreDebate About FC Heats Up Following Controversial Article’s Publication
We have received quite a bit of feedback from the article we recently published, “Join the Fight Against Attack on Nonverbal Autistics’ Right to Communicate,” about a controversial article recently published on Slate.com. In the article, which was riddled with inaccuracies and one-sided opinions, author David Auerbach denounces the efficacy of Facilitated Communication (FC) based,…
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