Parents, educators, researchers, and others concerned about the promotion of Facilitated Communication, a thoroughly discredited but persistent technique.
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This highlights the need to continue educating people about the difference between stories and personal opinion (even when AI generated) and legitimate, evidence-based research.
They've gone and added an AI disclaimer to the post now which doesn't quite admit the whole damn thing is AI generated facilitatedcommunication.com…
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"Kaufer seems to have an exorbitant and unfounded fear of message passing tests that, in his article, he projects onto his nonspeaking or minimally speaking clients and loved ones—so much so that I wonder if he’s read the original studies."
Are Kaufer's Fears Regarding Message-Passing Tests Founded or Pure Falderal?
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Proponents post images and "personal" messages of their clients (often young children) in public forums and then throw a buggy when critics of FC/S2C/RPM point out the techniques are pseudoscientific and likely facilitator generated. They can't have it both ways.
Are Kaufer's Fears Regarding Message-Passing Tests Founded or Pure Falderal?
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Do facilitators cast multiple votes on Election Day?
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Just a reminder to proponents: bullying, personal attacks, testimonials and anecdotes are not evidence. Samples of what we mean by reliably controlled studies and systematic reviews can be found at these links:
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Fantastic piece by @DrJerroldCoe on the dual, mutually reinforcing communication rights threats of AI and FC.
If "spelling" proponents would actually read the critical reviews of FC/S2C/RPM perhaps they wouldn't be so quick to embrace the techniques.
The FC critics are reading it, maybe "spelling" proponents like @comm4allorg should take a peek:
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Stealing Disabled Voices with AI (by Jerry Coe)
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On sinister groups with conflicts of interest and inadequate credibility wielding outside power
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The "but still" part of your comment is the part proponents of FC/S2C/RPM and telepathy count on and never resolve. Reliably controlled testing would, most likely, resolve the "but still." If not, then tests could be set up to resolve questions that arise from the first tests.
Proponents of FC/S2C/RPM and telepathy. If you really want to get our attention, please submit citation information to reliably controlled authorship tests. We're happy to review scientifically rigorous evidence of your claims.
Let's Talk Neurosense: The building blocks of autistic communication (with Katharine Beals) S3E7
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“ I have a sense that most, if not all proponents understand on some level what would happen if they participated in such studies. Why else would they so aggressively avoid them?”
Do proponents know what "reliably controlled testing for authorship" means? (Part 2)
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Do proponents know what "reliably controlled testing for authorship" means? (Part 2)
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Proponents want to talk about metaphysical and theological issues before determining who is controlling letter selection via FC/S2C/RPM. There is nothing to debate. Reliably controlled tests to date clearly show facilitator cueing and control over letter selection.
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It's not a matter of "which voices": All voices should be heard
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Sending this to the principal who nearly fired me, a trainee teacher when NO ONE in their right mind would work there, when I said that learning styles are a myth.
Yet another empirical investigation concludes no validity to VAK learning styles. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d…
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It's not a matter of "which voices": All voices should be heard
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