WILLIAMSVILLVE, N.Y. - If Kaylie Clinton, 12, is out in public and is upset or has an outburst, people might be quick to judge. If you don't take the time to get to know her, you might never learn ...

“Once I sluggishly died to the idea of talking, my mind was free to roam.” Those words begin a poem written by Richie Specht, 27, using what is known as the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). The poem was ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core ...

Classes for people with autism, which were stopped due to a noise complaint, are to be reinstated following an apology by Meath County Council. The All Ability Learning Ireland classes were providing ...

A group representing the nation’s speech-language pathologists is warning against using controversial “facilitator-dependent” communication techniques with people who have disabilities. The American ...

Grant Blasko is a ninth-grade autistic AAC user and honors student now living in Bellevue, Washington. He was introduced to Facilitated Communication in 2011, and then Rapid Prompting Method in 2012.

Meath Co. Council has launched an investigation after classes for people with autism in an autism friendly town are to be stopped next month due to a noise complaint. One parent whose child attends ...

On May 10, 2023, the journal Nature stooped to a new low when it credulously highlighted one of the most rampant forms of pseudoscience in the world of autism. Facilitated communication, a method that ...

On April 2, the Autism Society of America (ASA) featured a speller in their mass mailing celebrating “Autism Acceptance Day.” While many people with varying disabilities type as their primary method ...