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And I have to say, listening to it, now just in the pure audio, obviously I can't see it, but I'm listening to it, it is like Like a magic show. I mean, when you listen to it, you do think, whoa, you know, how are they doing this in the way they're describing? Like, how is this autistic child doing this? Like how the mother hasn't said a word. You haven't heard the mother say a word.
And I have to say, listening to it, now just in the pure audio, obviously I can't see it, but I'm listening to it, it is like Like a magic show. I mean, when you listen to it, you do think, whoa, you know, how are they doing this in the way they're describing? Like, how is this autistic child doing this? Like how the mother hasn't said a word. You haven't heard the mother say a word.
And I have to say, listening to it, now just in the pure audio, obviously I can't see it, but I'm listening to it, it is like Like a magic show. I mean, when you listen to it, you do think, whoa, you know, how are they doing this in the way they're describing? Like, how is this autistic child doing this? Like how the mother hasn't said a word. You haven't heard the mother say a word.
So that's the feeling of listening to it. It is a little like watching a miracle. you know, listening to a miracle without watching it. And I think that's probably a key difference.
So that's the feeling of listening to it. It is a little like watching a miracle. you know, listening to a miracle without watching it. And I think that's probably a key difference.
So that's the feeling of listening to it. It is a little like watching a miracle. you know, listening to a miracle without watching it. And I think that's probably a key difference.
Okay, so back to my original question, Dan, as someone who knows about facilitated communication and spelling, what are we missing?
Okay, so back to my original question, Dan, as someone who knows about facilitated communication and spelling, what are we missing?
Okay, so back to my original question, Dan, as someone who knows about facilitated communication and spelling, what are we missing?
Facilitated communication found its way from Australia in the 70s to the U.S. by the 80s and the early 90s. In a PBS Frontline documentary called Prisoners of Silence that aired in 1993, Kathy Hayduke, the mother of a non-speaking autistic child, recalled the moment her daughter Stacey had a breakthrough, all thanks to FC and her daughter's new facilitator.
Facilitated communication found its way from Australia in the 70s to the U.S. by the 80s and the early 90s. In a PBS Frontline documentary called Prisoners of Silence that aired in 1993, Kathy Hayduke, the mother of a non-speaking autistic child, recalled the moment her daughter Stacey had a breakthrough, all thanks to FC and her daughter's new facilitator.
Facilitated communication found its way from Australia in the 70s to the U.S. by the 80s and the early 90s. In a PBS Frontline documentary called Prisoners of Silence that aired in 1993, Kathy Hayduke, the mother of a non-speaking autistic child, recalled the moment her daughter Stacey had a breakthrough, all thanks to FC and her daughter's new facilitator.
I can understand a mom wanting to hear I love you from her child. So the relief was real. And the emotions around FC were deep. But soon after the method came to the U.S., it was debunked, or at least declared wholly unreliable.