An open letter to ASHA on the upcoming BCS-AAC and BCS-ASD credentials which will force SLPs to be trained in ABA.
Sue Rubin’s page on Wikipedia was removed due to discrimination and vandalism. In protest, The Aspergian is reposting and editing the pages of nonspeakers.
I believe that those of us with platforms are obliged to share the words of non-speakers and seek their input whenever possible. We can’t do what the “anti-neurodiversity” crowd does; we can’t argue over whose voice is more acceptable.
I am a nonspeaking teen who types to communicate. I learned to communicate this way when I was nine years old. This was the year
Over the past few months, I was involved in an editing dispute on Wikipedia involving the efficacy of facilitated communication (FC) and Rapid Prompting Method
A non-speaking autistic teen relates how he uses a communication facilitator to express himself in written word.