There are numerous research articles which demonstrate the value of facilitated communication(FC) training methods or supported typing for at least some individuals. In some of these, individuals who type with support have had success in demonstrating that they themselves were the authors of what was typed. In other research, individuals who use FC training have demonstrated literacy and increased speech. These articles and many personal reports of individuals and families are not always noted in research reviews or discussions of facilitated communication.
For your easy reference, we have listed below articles which show the value of FC for some individuals. In these, individuals have been successful in passing information that is unknown to their facilitator, i.e. have demonstrated authorship, or have demonstrated other gains due to FC training. The first list includes a few qualitative studies and articles on literacy and other gains. The second list has qualitative and quantitative research studies published in English, and the third list has research articles published in Spanish (with no translation available to date).
For your easy reference, we have listed below articles which show the value of FC for some individuals. In these, individuals have been successful in passing information that is unknown to their facilitator, i.e. have demonstrated authorship, or have demonstrated other gains due to FC training. The first list includes a few qualitative studies and articles on literacy and other gains. The second list has qualitative and quantitative research studies published in English, and the third list has research articles published in Spanish (with no translation available to date).
Research
Studies and Other Articles on Facilitated Communication (FC) and Related Issues,
including qualitative studies that involve speech, literacy, and evidence.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list, but it provides
some good examples.
Christine Ashby (2011) Whose "Voice" Is It Anyway?: Giving
Voice And Qualitative Research Involving Individuals That Type To
Communicate. Disability Studies
Quarterly, Vol. 31, No 4.
Rosemary Crossley and Chris Borthwick
What constitutes evidence? Why the
debate about facilitated communication is important for ISAAC. Paper written for the proceedings of the Seventh
Biennial ISAAC Research Symposium, Odense, Denmark, August 2002.
Christi
Kasa-Hendrickson, Alicia A. Broderick, and
Darlene Hanson (2009)
Sorting out Speech:
Understanding Multiple Methods of Communication
for Persons with Autism and Other Developmental
Disabilities. The Journal of Developmental Processes, Vol. 4(2), pp. 116-133.
Marjorie
F. Olney (2001) Evidence of literacy in individuals labeled with
mental retardation. Disability Studies Quarterly: Spring 2001, Vol. 21, No. 2.
Zachary
Rossetti, Christine Ashby, Katrina Arndt, Marilyn Chadwick, Maho Kasahara, and
John O'Brien (2008) “I Like
Others to Not Try to Fix Me”: Agency, Independence, and Autism. Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities: October 2008, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 364-375.
Research Articles on Facilitated Communication focusing on authorship and showing
evidence of authorship
English
Language Research Articles
Bernardi,
L. & Tuzzi, A. (2011) Analyzing written communication in AAC contexts: a
statistical perspective. Augmentative and Alternative Communication,
27 (3), 183-194.
Bernardi,
L. & Tuzzi, A. (2011) Statistical Analysis of Textual Data from Corpora of
Written Communication – New Results from an Italian Interdisciplinary Research
Program (EASIEST). In Mohammad-Reza Mohammadi (Ed.), A Comprehensive Book on
Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 413-434) InTech.
Cardinal,
D. N., Hanson, D. & Wakeham, J. (1996) Investigation of
authorship in facilitated communication. Mental Retardation, 34,
231-242.
Emerson,
A., Grayson, A. & Griffiths, A. (2011) Can’t or won’t? Evidence relating to
authorship in facilitated communication. International Journal of
Language & Communication Disorders, 15 (3), 1-16.
Grayson,
A., Emerson, A., Howard-Jones, P. & O’Neil, L. (2011) Hidden communicative
competence: Case study evidence using eye-tracking and video analysis. Autism,
15(3), 1-16.
Janzen-Wilde,
M., Ducham, L. & Felson, J. (1996) Successful use of facilitated
communication with an oral child. Journal of Speech & Hearing Research, 38
(3), 658-676.
Niemi,
J. & Ka”rna”-Lin, E. (2002) Grammar and lexicon in facilitated
communication: A linguistic authorship analysis in a Finnish case. Mental
Retardation, 40 (5), 347-357.
Ogletree,
B. T. & Hamtil, A. (1993) Facilitated Communication: A
Naturalistic Validation Method. Focus on Autistic Behavior, 8
(4), 1-10.
Sheehan,
C. M. & Matuozzi, R. T. (1996) Investigation of the validity of
facilitated communication through the disclosure of unknown information. Mental
Retardation, 34, 94-107.
Tuzzi,
A. (2009) Grammar and lexicon in individuals with autism: A quantitative
analysis of a large Italian corpus. Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities, 47 (5), 373-385.
Weiss,
M. J. S., Wagner, S. H. & Bauman, M. L. (1996) A validated case study of
facilitated communication. Mental Retardation, 34, 220-230.