Key Articles from the Facilitated Communications Digest

Advocacy Issues

Biklen, Doug | No Time for Silence
Crossley, Rosemary | Talking Politics: Empowering Communication Aid Users
Shevin, Mayer | On Being a Communication Ally

Facilitated Communication:
General

Leary, Martha | Learning to be a Facilitator

Facilitated Communication:
Theoretical Understanding

Schubert, Annegret | On the Issue of Cuing: Neuropsychological Perspective
Shevin, Mayer | Understanding and Negotiating Cue-Seeking by Facilitated Communication Users

Facilitated Communication:
User's Writing

Fihe, Tyler | Relentless Activism: Excerpts from Letters and Speeches
Marcus, Eugene | Compulsion, and Yes, Freedom Too
Marcus, Eugene | On Almost Becoming a Person
McDonald, Anne | Assessing the Assessors: A Review of the Triple C Communication Assessment

Independence

Chadwick, Marilyn | Achieving Independent Typing
Chadwick, Marilyn | Who's In Charge Here? User-Guided Training in Facilitated COmmunication

Legal Issues

Borthwick, Chris, Missy Morton, Doug Biklen, Rosemary Crossley | Facilitated Communication and Disclosures of Abuse
Botash, Ann, et al. Children Who Have Disclosed Sexual Abuse Via Facilitated Communication. | Review by Missy Morton

Relationship Issues

Shevin, Mayer | Establishing Reciprocity in Facilitated Communication Interactions

Technique

Biklen, Doug | Look at the Board!
Crossley, Rosemary | "It Takes Two to Tango": The Importance of Feedback in Communication
Schubert, Annegret | Keep Learning: Know the Feel of Facilitated Communication
Shevin, Mayer, and Annegret Schubert | Message-Passing: Part of the Journey to Empowered Communication

Validation

Biklen, Doug, and Donald Cardinal (Eds.) Excerpts from | Contested words, contested science: Unraveling the facilitated communication controversy
Grayson, Andy | Video Analysis of Facilitated Communication (Summary)