TY - JOUR
T1 - Voices from the past
T2 - Comparing the rapid prompting method and facilitated communication
AU - Tostanoski, Amy
AU - Lang, Russell
AU - Raulston, Tracy
AU - Carnett, Amarie
AU - Davis, Tonya
N1 - Funding Information:
Soma Mukhopadhyay created RPM and brought it from India to the United States in 2001 when she accepted a fellowship with the Cure Autism Now Foundation [9]. In 2004, Mukhopadhyay began working with the nonprofit organization Helping Autism through Learning and Outreach (HALO) with the intent of spreading RPM nationally [2]. HALO describes RPM as follows:
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - Objective: This article briefly reviews the history and damage caused by facilitated communication (FC) and highlights the parallels between FC and the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). Background: FC involves a therapist (or facilitator) supporting the hand of a person with autism while a message is typed on a letter board. FC is widely acknowledged to be a pseudoscientific, unsafe, and unethical treatment for people with autism. RPM is a more recent intervention for people with autism that involves the facilitator holding and moving the letter board while the individual with autism moves their own hand. Those who espouse the perceived benefits of FC and RPM make strikingly similar claims of hidden intelligence and extraordinary communication abilities in people with autism following treatment. Conclusion: Clients, proponents, and practitioners of RPM should demand scientific validation of RPM in order to ensure the safety of people with disabilities that are involved with RPM.
AB - Objective: This article briefly reviews the history and damage caused by facilitated communication (FC) and highlights the parallels between FC and the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). Background: FC involves a therapist (or facilitator) supporting the hand of a person with autism while a message is typed on a letter board. FC is widely acknowledged to be a pseudoscientific, unsafe, and unethical treatment for people with autism. RPM is a more recent intervention for people with autism that involves the facilitator holding and moving the letter board while the individual with autism moves their own hand. Those who espouse the perceived benefits of FC and RPM make strikingly similar claims of hidden intelligence and extraordinary communication abilities in people with autism following treatment. Conclusion: Clients, proponents, and practitioners of RPM should demand scientific validation of RPM in order to ensure the safety of people with disabilities that are involved with RPM.
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U2 - 10.3109/17518423.2012.749952
DO - 10.3109/17518423.2012.749952
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24102487
AN - SCOPUS:84903127667
SN - 1751-8423
VL - 17
SP - 219
EP - 223
JO - Developmental Neurorehabilitation
JF - Developmental Neurorehabilitation
IS - 4
ER -