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Parents, educators, researchers, and others concerned about the promotion of Facilitated Communication (FC), a thoroughly discredited but persistent technique.
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Are Maine Public Schools Violating IDEA? And Other Questions About Maine's S2C pIlot Program

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Are Maine Public Schools Violating IDEA? And Other Questions About Maine’s S2C Pilot Program — Facilitated Communication
In my last blog post , I discussed Maine’s Spelling to Communicate (S2C) Pilot program that is being funded by the Maine Department of Education and my reactions to it. S2C is a variant of Facilitate...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I've tracked down some names from the FOIA request, and, yes, someone high up with a personal stake in this has been instrumental in setting up and promoting the pilot program in Maine...more to be revealed...
katharinebeals.bsky.social Katharine Beals @katharinebeals.bsky.social · 9d
I suspect someone high up may have a personal stake in this.
And that's very alarming.
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Are Maine Schools falling for FC pseudoscience again? (We already went through this in the 1990s).

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November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Are Maine Schools falling for FC pseudoscience again? (We already went through this in the 1990s).

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Are Maine Schools Falling for FC Pseudoscience Again? (We already went through this in the 1990s) — Facilitated Communication
A few weeks ago, one of our readers (thank you) alerted us to a Spelling to Communicate (S2C) pilot program in Maine’s public schools. When I read the email message, I got chills. How is it that FC—in...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Can Jaswal's "Holoboards" substitute for letter boards? Part II

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Can Jaswal’s “HoloBoards” substitute for letterboards? Part II — Facilitated Communication
This post picks up where I left off in my discussion of a recent paper co-authored by Vikram Jaswal, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and the father of an S2C user , and Diwakar ...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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"instead of steering those people in the direction of reliably controlled methods and techniques to address the complex communication needs of their clients and loved ones, she sends them on a wild goose chase with the promise of a magical solution to real world problems."
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Review of Diane Hennacy Powell's Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman: FC, Telepathy, and Subvocalization (Part 3)

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Review of Diane Hennacy Powell’s Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman: FC, Telepathy, and Subvocalization (Part 3) — Facilitated Communication
This blog post is the third and final in a series featuring an interview Scott Barry Kaufman of “The Psychology Podcast” did with Telepathy Tapes promoter Diane Hennacy Powell. (Links to previous blog...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Do Facilitators cast multiple votes on Election Day?

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Do Facilitators Cast Multiple Votes on Election Day? — Facilitated Communication
We have discussed some of the problems associated with Facilitated Communication (FC) in prior blog posts: use in psychotherapy , gender identity , false allegations of abuse , and facilitator cri...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Can Jaswal's "Holoboards" substitute for letter boards? Part 1

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Can Jaswal’s “HoloBoards” substitute for letterboards? Part I — Facilitated Communication
Over the past couple of years, S2C proponent Vikram Jaswal, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and the father of an S2C user , and Diwakar Krishnamurthy, Professor of Electrical an...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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University of Minnesota Center for Genomics Engineering on "Celebrating Emelia: Science for All"

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University of Minnesota Center for Genomics Engineering on “Celebrating Emelia: Science for All” — Facilitated Communication
Continuing my closer look at some of the news items from our recent news roundup , I now turn to a   June 26th article on the University of Minnesota Center for Genomics Engineering website e...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Review of Diane Hennacy Powell's interview with Scott Barry Kaufman: Open Skepticism (Part 1)

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Review of Diane Hennacy Powell’s Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman: Open Skepticism (Part 1) — Facilitated Communication
One of our contacts (thank you!) brought to my attention an interview Diane Hennacy Powell did with Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast, in February 2025. In the interview, Diane H...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Jefferson Public Radio on "Medford psychiatrist's research into autism and telepathy sparks debate over communication"

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Jefferson Public Radio on “Medford psychiatrist’s research into autism and telepathy sparks debate over communication” — Facilitated Communication
Continuing my closer look at some of the news items from our recent news roundup , I now turn to a May 2nd piece on Jefferson Public Radio entitled Medford psychiatrist’s research into autism an...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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"Since these are experiments on humans, has UVA’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved the testing? And does the testing include authorship testing for FC/S2C/RPM, since we already know that these are facilitator-dependent techniques?"
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Review of Joe Rogan's interview with Telepathy Tapes host Ky Dickens: the stuff of conspiracy theories, fantasy, and urban legends (Part 4)

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Review of Joe Rogan’s Interview with Telepathy Tapes Host Ky Dickens: The Stuff of Conspiracy Theories, Fantasy, and Urban Legends (Part 4) — Facilitated Communication
Today’s blog post is a continuation of a review of Joe Rogan’s interview with Telepathy Tapes host Ky Dickens (links to prior blog posts below). Normally, I don’t spend multiple blog posts on one inte...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Cincinnati Local News and NPR Weekend Edition on Jakob Jordan

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Cincinnati local news and NPR Weekend Edition on Jakob Jordan — Facilitated Communication
Continuing my closer look at some of the news items from our recent news roundup , I now turn to three items that focus on the son of Cincinnati radio personality Jenn Jordan. The first is an April 1...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Barense “believes that many autistic ppl who don’t speak may be hindered not by problems of intellect but motor control... She doesn’t seem to be aware of the Chen et al. study and what it says about how problems of with motor control in non-speakers correlate with comprehension deficits."
September 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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What happens when FC-generated allegations of abuse get to court?

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What Happens when FC-Generated Allegations of Abuse Get to Court? — Facilitated Communication
Today, I want to discuss the topic of false allegations of abuse made by facilitators using FC. I’ll return to my review of the Rogan/Dickens interview in upcoming blog posts. And, while it may seem l...
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September 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Yes, we've collected over 20 different names for FC. Supported Typing is one of the earliest alternative names for FC and used to hide the fact that proponents were using FC.
September 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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University of Toronto Magazine on "When words won't cooperate"

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University of Toronto Magazine on “When Words Won’t Cooperate” — Facilitated Communication
In this post, I’ll focus on a second news item from our recent news roundup : a January 23rd article in the University of Toronto Magazine entitled When Words Won’t Cooperate . In this article, j...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Joe Rogan's interview with Telepathy Tapes Host Ky Dickens: the stuff of conspiracy theories, fantasy, and urban legends (Part 3)

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Review of Joe Rogan’s Interview with Telepathy Tapes Host Ky Dickens: The Stuff of Conspiracy Theories, Fantasy, and Urban Legends (Part 3) — Facilitated Communication
Today’s blog post is the third installment of my review of Joe Rogan’s interview with Telepathy Tapes host Ky Dickens. I’d intended for this to be the last blog post in the series but based on the fee...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Disability Scoop on "Communication Method Finally Gives Nonverbal Woman a Voice"

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Disability Scoop on “Communication Method Finally Gives Nonverbal Woman A Voice” — Facilitated Communication
In the next few posts, I’ll be looking at some of the news items from our recent news roundup in greater depth. Proceeding in chronological order, I’ll begin with the January 10th article in Disa...
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August 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Review of Joe Rogan's interviews with Telepathy Tapes host, Ky Dickens: The stuff of conspiracy theories, fantasies, and urban legends (part 2)

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Review of Joe Rogan’s Interview with Telepathy Tapes Host Ky Dickens: The Stuff of Conspiracy Theories, Fantasy, and Urban Legends (Part 2) — Facilitated Communication
Today’s blog post is a continuation of my review of a February 2025 interview Joe Rogan did with Telepathy Tapes host Ky Dickens. The Telepathy Tapes is a popular podcast series trying to bypass the s...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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FC/RPM/S2C News Roundup: January to July 2025

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FC/RPM/S2C News Roundup: January to July, 2025 — Facilitated Communication
It’s been about 6 months since our last news roundup of FC/S2C/RPM, and we just finished our seven-part series on the Lower Merion trial, so we thought it appropriate to roundup and post the FC/S2...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Devastating conclusion, thank you Katharine Beals for all your efforts
July 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Review of Joe Rogan's interview with Telepathy Tapes host Ky Dickens: The Stuff of Conspiracy Theories, Fantasy, and Urban Legends (Part 1)

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Review of Joe Rogan’s Interview with Telepathy Tapes Host Ky Dickens: The Stuff of Conspiracy Theories, Fantasy, and Urban Legends (Part 1) — Facilitated Communication
A couple months ago, a commenter on my YouTube channel “dared” me to listen to Joe Rogan’s interview with Ky Dickens . Dickens is the credulous documentarian responsible for the Telepathy Tapes pod...
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July 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Spelling to Communicate Goes on Trial: Part VII (The Conclusion)

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Spelling to Communicate Goes on Trial: Part VII, The Conclusion — Facilitated Communication
This is the seventh and final installment in a series on a Spelling to Communicate (S2C) lawsuit against a school district. You can read more about the background in my first post , but, in brief, th...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM