Does Linguistic Analysis Confirm the Validity of Facilitated Communication?

Autor/in	Saloviita, Timo
Titel	Does Linguistic Analysis Confirm the Validity of Facilitated Communication?
Quelle	In: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 33 (2018) 2, S.91-99 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-3576
DOI	10.1177/1088357616646075
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Literature Reviews; Research Methodology; Validity; Linguistics; Communication Strategies; Facilitators (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Gültigkeit; Linguistik; Kommunikationsstrategie
Abstract	Facilitated communication (FC) has been interpreted as an ideomotor phenomenon, in which one person physically supports another person's hand and unconsciously affects the content of the writing. Despite the strong experimental evidence against the authenticity of FC output, several studies claim to support its validity based on idiosyncrasies found in the texts produced. A review of these studies showed that, because of the logical circularity of the reasoning proposed in the studies, no decisive evidence that validated FC was presented. In addition, the idiosyncrasies found were better explained as by-products of the unusual writing process itself. Finally, the studies did not fulfill the quality standards proposed by the FC field itself. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01