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Whose Mind/Language Is Closer to the Keyboard? Response to Sturmey.
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Niemi, Jussi; Karna-Lin, Eija – Mental Retardation, 2003
This article provides a rebuttal of a critique by the original authors of an article (EC 633 617-619) on the use of facilitated communication by a Finnish man diagnosed with mental retardation and cerebral palsy. The original authors ask for an alternative explanation to the attributed authorship when the individual himself is doing the typing.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders
Four Vantage Points to the Language Performance and Capacity of Human Beings: Response to Saloviita and Sariola.
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Niemi, Jussi; Karna-Lin, Eija – Mental Retardation, 2003
This response to EC 633 617, an analysis of a purported case of facilitated communication, stresses the role of linguistic and grammatical analysis of texts attributed to a Finnish man diagnosed with mental retardation and cerebral palsy. It identifies weaknesses in the analysis, urges use of multi-theoretical approaches, and notes the benefits…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders