(CNN) -- Below are summaries of selected studies on facilitated communication compiled by CNN. Bebko, J., Perry, A., & Bryson, S. (1996). Multiple method validation study of facilitated communication: ...

When Maegan Gracia was younger she used to take off her clothes outside in the family’s yard. She also routinely made a mess of the bedroom she shared with her teenaged sister. But because the young ...

Benjamin Alexander, the first student with nonverbal autism to attend Tulane University in New Orleans, is an English major and a writer who”s had essays published locally. He uses a form of ...

People using facilitated communication must be supported, not scrutinised, writes Marlena Katene. "If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is ...

Several years ago, a mother from the northeast region of the United States contacted me inquiring about helping her nonspeaking adolescent autistic son communicate. I listened to her description and ...

Regarding Kurt Greenbaum’s Sept. 27 article about facilitated communication: James Randi, a self-proclaimed magician who apparently specializes in disproving “psychic spoonbenders,” is in no position ...

For Tim Chan, who is unable to speak, facilitated communication is “a lifeline” that allows him to do things he once thought impossible, such as socialising, or studying for his PhD. “I was presumed ...

Professionals told Kathy Koenig that her daughter would probably never speak. The teenage girl is mentally impaired. She struggled with basic tasks, but she seemed happy enough. Her parents now ...

Over 30 academics and professionals from universities around the world are calling on the University of Northern Iowa to cancel a two-day facilitated communication conference scheduled to take place ...

My first encounter with the method known as “facilitated communication” (FC) dates back to 1990, at the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Conference held in ...

Benjamin Alexander, the first student with nonverbal autism to attend Tulane University in New Orleans, is an English major and a writer who’s had essays published locally. He uses a form of ...