Voices from the past: Comparing the rapid prompting method and facilitated communication

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 219-223

  Tostanoski, Amy ^a   Lang, Russell ^a   Raulston, Tracy ^a   Carnett, Amarie ^a   Davis, Tonya ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication; Facilitated communication; Intervention; Pseudoscience; Rapid Prompting Method

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID PROMPTING METHOD; REVIEW;

AUTISM; COMMUNICATION; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION; PSEUDOSCIENCE; RAPID PROMPTING METHOD;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MANUAL COMMUNICATION; QUACKERY; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84903127667     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2012.749952     Document Type: Review

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