Facilitators' Narratives
"You Can Bubble With My Words for a Change": Reflections on Listening to Donna Williams: Annegret Schubert
Donna Williams, the author of Nobody Nowhere and Somebody Somewhere, has made me bubble with her words and her meanings for three months now. [...] Rather than using this article to re-tell her speeches, I would like to reflect on a few of the bubbles her ideas have caused in my mind. There are three areas I would like to highlight: 1. Thoughts about autism and non-autism, 2. Facilitated communication and the overload theory, 3. The role of language and inner dialog. read more...
Giving Voice: Assistive Technology and FC: Laura F. Meyers
I have been using motor support, facilitated communication, as one method of providing access to communication technology for people with limited speech since 1979. That's the year I met Jamie. He was three years old, with severe cerebral palsy, a seizure disorder and no speech. [...] Some professionals told me that there were communication devices that talked, using synthesized speech output. I wanted this for Jamie. read more...