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Authorship in Facilitated Communication: An Analysis of 11 Cases
Ulla OjalammiSaloviita TimoMarjatta Leppänensubject
MalekehitysvammaisuusAdolescentkehitysvammatfasilitoitu kommunikaatioDevelopmental psychologyCommunication Aids for DisabledSpeech and HearingautismiIntellectual DisabilitymedicineHumansta516Autistic DisorderFacilitated communicationChildSmall cityCommunicationRehabilitationReproducibility of Resultsmedicine.diseaseAuthorshipTest (assessment)Writing skillsPictorial stimuliAugmentative and alternative communicationfacilitated communicationFacilitatorAutismFemalePsychologydescription
Abstract. We studied the authorship of messages produced through facilitated communication (FC) for all users of FC in two comprehensive schools in a small city in Finland. The participants were 11 children with intellectual disabilities, including autism, all having used FC from 1 to 3 years. The test conditions involved open and blind information-passing tasks in which the participants were directed to write down the contents of written or pictorial stimuli. The results failed to validate FC as a method of communication for any participant or facilitator. An analysis of the messages produced under the FC condition revealed a large degree of facilitator influence on the content of the messages produced. Additionally, FC impaired the performance of the two participants who had previously demonstrated some independent writing skills. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-01 | Augmentative and Alternative Communication |