A Passion To Believe: Autism And The Facilitated Communication Phenomenon

by Diane Twachtman-Cullen

Overview

This book lays the foundation for the qualitative investigation into facilitated communication (FC). It addresses the contextual world of FC, and examines some of FC's most controversial issues. It takes a penetrating look at the FC culture and the forces that shape it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367015114
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Diane Twachtman-Cullen is executive director of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Consultation Center in Cromwell, Connecticut. She is a licensed speech-language pathologist and a communication disorders specialist.

Table of Contents

Foreword — Preface — The Prologue: Setting the Stage — Getting Down to Basics — The Emerging Portrait of the Facilitator — A Portrait of the Client — The Drama Unfolds — At All Costs: The Messages of F1-C1 — An Unreal Reality: The Messages of F2-C2 — By Your Hand Alone: The Messages of F3-C3 — Getting the Message Loud and Clear — Unsettling Reviews — From Discordance to Disconnection — Behind the Mystique — If I Hadn’t Believed It, I Wouldn’t Have Seen It — Beyond the Hype and Circumstance: The FC Culture Unveiled — Epilogue: The Reviews Continue to Come In — Appendix

Editorial Reviews

An in-depth qualitative examination of facilitated communication as it was conceptualized and experienced by three staunch proponents of the technique with three of their adult clients. Drawing upon participant observation and assessment as well as actual case studies and transcripts of FC sessions, the author argues that the highly controversial technique for drawing out the so-called hidden language of autistic individuals has socio-political overtones and that the results create false hope in families, or lead to false charges of abuse and neglect by caregivers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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