augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

[Jim Wilce]

I'm glad that Amy Waller, who knows far more about AAC than I do, provided
this list with more background on Facilitated Communication.  Bilu and
Goodman indeed mention the controversy and lawsuits surrounding FC.  The
reason I think their work is so relevant to this list is that it points up
the inescapable embeddedness of communication in metacommunication and,
therefore, power.

Jim

Jim Wilce
      Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Asian Studies
        Northern Arizona University
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