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

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...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2019, Vol.42, Article e113
Main Authors: Vyse, Stuart, Hemsley, Bronwyn, Lang, Russell, Lilienfeld, Scott O., Mostert, Mark P., Schlinger, Henry D., Shane, Howard C., Sherry, Mark, Todd, James T.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Autism
Communication
Higashida, Naoki
Hypotheses
Kedar, Ido
Keyboards
Motivation
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X18002236