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Whose words are these? Statements derived from Facilitated Communication and Rapid Prompting Method undermine the credibility of Jaswal & Akhtar's social motivation hypotheses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

Stuart Vyse Open the ORCID record for Stuart Vyse [Opens in a new window] ,
Bronwyn Hemsley ,
Russell Lang ,
Scott O. Lilienfeld ,
Mark P. Mostert ,
Henry D. Schlinger Jr. ,
Howard C. Shane ,
Mark Sherry  and
James T. Todd
Stuart Vyse
Affiliation:
Independent scholar. [email protected]://stuartvyse.com
Bronwyn Hemsley
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. [email protected]
Russell Lang
Affiliation:
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666-4684. [email protected]://cares.education.txstate.edu
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Affiliation:
Emory-Melbourne University, Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. [email protected]://psychology.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/lilienfeld-scott.html
Mark P. Mostert
Affiliation:
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23454. [email protected]
Henry D. Schlinger Jr.
Affiliation:
California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032. [email protected]://www.calstatela.edu/academic/psych/hschlin.html
Howard C. Shane
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital Center for Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital, Waltham, MA 02453. [email protected]
Mark Sherry
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606. [email protected]
James T. Todd
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. [email protected]
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Abstract

Jaswal & Akhtar provide several quotes ostensibly from people with autism but obtained via the discredited techniques of Facilitated Communication and the Rapid Prompting Method, and they do not acknowledge the use of these techniques. As a result, their argument is substantially less convincing than they assert, and the article lacks transparency.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e113
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