Contested Words, Contested Science: Unraveling the Facilitated Communication Controversy (Special Education Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807736015 ISBN 13: 9780807736012

Publisher: Teachers' College Press, 1997

Synopsis

Facilitated communication is a cause of great controversy in the world of special education. Proponents claim that the technique of allowing persons with autism, Downs syndrome, and other pervasive developmental disorders to type their thoughts on a computer keyboard allows for the release of previously unknown intelligence and communicative abilities; detractors claim that it is a hoax whose validity is yet to be proven. With this book, Douglas Biklen and Donald Cardinal present a collection of studies providing evidence in support of facilitated communication, including a study carried out by a person who uses facilitated communication, Eugene Marcus, a young man with autism. Other contributors include: Darlene Hanson, John Wakeham, Shaswati Saha, Chris Kliewer, Stacey Baldac, Carl Parsons, Marjorie Olney, Mayer Shevin, Michael J. Salomon Weiss, Sheldon H. Wagner, and Rosemary Crossley.

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About the Author

Douglas Biklen is Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education, Teaching, and Leadership; and coordinates the Inclusive Education Program at Syracuse University. He is a senior faculty member in the Center on Disability Studies, Law and Human Policy. He is the author of Access to Academics and Contested Words, Contested Science. He was Educational Advisor for the Academy Award winning HBO documentary Educating Peter and is coproducer of the CNN documentary Autism is a World.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers' College Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807736015
• ISBN 13: 9780807736012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Biklen Douglas, Cardinal Donald N.