PSYC Frontline: Prisoners of silence

Autism kids went to which school

Boston Higashi school

What do autistic kids normally shun

Human contact

Autism affects how many Americans

400 000

Do autistic kids have good speech

They have little to no speech

Can autism be treated or cured

Can be treated but not cured

What is the form of communication they started to use

Facilitated communication

What centre in New York runs a big autism program

OD Heck Centre

What was the main question surrounding facilitated communication

Was the message coming from the kid or the facilitator

Who can now speak to audience by typing

Ben Lehr

Who can now do algebra bc of facilitated communication

Jeff Powell

What kind of sexual accusations were the kids making about there parents and family

Sexual abuse

What was the main question surrounding the reason for all the sexual abuse accusations

why were lots of facilitators making the kids say this stuff

What happened after facilitated communication went through all this testing

It showed that the responses were 100% coming from the facilitator and not the kid

What did they notice after they found out it was facilitator doing the typing

That the child wasn’t even looking when single finger typing which is impossible to do

True or false did they stop using facilitated communication

True