Carrie

There is no physical touch involved at all from the get-go. And the problem is ASHA has lumped RPM and ASHA has lumped SGC in with facilitated communication.

We know that autistics have difficulty knowing where their body is in space. I've had kids who told me they don't feel their hands. They don't feel their arms. So if they're not feeling their arms or their hands, How can they type?

We know that autistics have difficulty knowing where their body is in space. I've had kids who told me they don't feel their hands. They don't feel their arms. So if they're not feeling their arms or their hands, How can they type?

But if I touch them and I put a backward pressure on their arm and they have to push forward, which is what happens with facilitated communication, they know where their arm is in space.

But if I touch them and I put a backward pressure on their arm and they have to push forward, which is what happens with facilitated communication, they know where their arm is in space.

Nobody wants you in the world, anybody near this. And this goes back to the very beginning.

Nobody wants you in the world, anybody near this. And this goes back to the very beginning.

I do not want them taking my word. I want their word to be their word.

I do not want them taking my word. I want their word to be their word.