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Summary: I Don't Want To Read These Books Anymore
Review: The introduction to this book extols the amazing breakthrough of facilitated communication, which has supposedly enabled Birger Sellin, a severely autistic and non-verbal young man, to communicate the genius trapped inside him in the ensuing poems.It omits to mention that every controlled study of facilitated communication has found that the messages almost invariably (more than 99% of the time) come from the hand of the facilitator, holding the autistic person's hand over a keyboard, in some cases forcibly, not from the person with autism. In passing, the introduction casually mentions that since facilitated communication was started with Birger Sellin, his screaming fits, tantrums, and other displays of extreme distress seem to be getting worse, especially when he is "typing". No one around him seems to have wondered why.
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Summary: I Don't Want To Read These Books Anymore
Review: Well worth waiting for Amazon to locate! I'm the mom of a 5 yr old blind autistic daughter who has only recently begun to connect to the world. This book has been a blessing in terms of helping us understand the unique lonliness of the autistic condition and gives profound insight into the emotional experience of a nonverbal autistic person. I highly recommend this book for anyone who cares about an autistic person. It is not an easy read-- often painful and disturbing.
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Summary: An extraordinary inside view of autism; compelling must-read
Review: Well worth waiting for Amazon to locate! I'm the mom of a 5 yr old blind autistic daughter who has only recently begun to connect to the world. This book has been a blessing in terms of helping us understand the unique lonliness of the autistic condition and gives profound insight into the emotional experience of a nonverbal autistic person. I highly recommend this book for anyone who cares about an autistic person. It is not an easy read-- often painful and disturbing.
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