Dear List members, It seems that we are all different in our approaches to dealing with autism and each other. It really sucks to get flamed and even more when...
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valerie@...
Feb 2, 1999 3:48 pm
Hi to Everyone -- Jim, thanks for your suggestions and kind thoughts on this issue. I just wanted to say two things: first, that I've gotton a lot of very ...
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valerie@...
Feb 2, 1999 4:27 pm
Hi again to everyone -- I finally had a chance to read this earlier posting from Tom Smith and John Richardson. I found John's description of his own childhood...
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ISSJR@...
Feb 2, 1999 5:08 pm
re: "So I suspect that Jeremy has a much richer internal world, and more complex understanding of his environment, than some of his test evaluation scores...
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Clay and Gail Wylie
exgr@...
Feb 3, 1999 5:04 am
... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/autismlist Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 3, 1999 5:33 am
... Two months before FC came on the scene where I worked I went around to all my workmates and asked them to wager a million dollars as to whether our...
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PeterToby.Brown@...
Feb 3, 1999 6:47 pm
Choked me up on the train this morning. A short story of a 39 y.o with autism from the eyes of her mother, a teacher at Williams College in Mass. and author of...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 4, 1999 12:52 am
Hi All, My little anecdote about the million dollar bet should be more fully explained. It wasn't motivated by any conviction in the lack of intelligence of...
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Tom Smith
qim@...
Feb 4, 1999 12:55 am
... the ... works ... Behavioral ... remove ... so. ... started ... that ... what ... and ... person to ... strong ... great ... due ... command ... write to...
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valerie@...
Feb 4, 1999 3:24 pm
Hi to everyone, Thanks, Tom, for your discussion re intelligence, FC, etc. I'd like to hear more sometime about how your initial skepticism changed, and about...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:27 pm
... FC was presented to us at our residential staff treatment team meeting in the Spring of '92. A summary was given of the method and the lack of validation...
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valerie@...
Feb 6, 1999 3:28 am
Hi Tom, I'll try to briefly describe our experience with FC. First I should say that I was not present when this "evaluation" happened; I'm basing this ...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 6, 1999 4:51 am
... person ... third ... This is a serious offense of state law where I live and I believe nationally. They could lose their license and even possibly be ...
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QIM
qim@...
Feb 6, 1999 4:54 am
Hi everyone, With CNN's Cold War, a TV movey on the sixties comming up and a time where we are all starting to look back and reevaluate what has happened the...
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Marge Bourgeois
MargeGaryalwdem@...
Feb 6, 1999 5:25 am
Dear Tom - I must admit I haven't had time to read all the posts re: FC, but I did read Val- erie's that was just sent, and I certainly did not find any part...
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James J Maddaloni
joesdad1@...
Feb 6, 1999 11:10 pm
Hi Valerie, What you have described below is not FC as I know it. Where I work it takes up a year for a new facilitator to begin open conversation with one of...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 6, 1999 11:54 pm
Hi Marge, The objection to my "it doesn't ring true" verdict on Val's story is reasonable especially since I mistakenly addressed personal motives at the end...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 7, 1999 10:46 pm
Hi All, This post of Valerie's still needs some comment. Though it was presented as an indictment of FC, it is actually a serious legal matter that I hope...
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valerie@...
Feb 8, 1999 4:05 am
Hi to all, It's been a busy weekend for me and I haven't had time yet to respond to a couple of good postings from people with suggestions, support, etc. But I...
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ISSJR@...
Feb 8, 1999 5:03 am
re: "But I also want to acknowledge your and Jim's statement that what happened does not represent acceptable or typical FC by anyone's standards. It is...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 8, 1999 7:19 am
Hi Valerie and everyone, I appreciate Valerie's awareness of the seriousness of that incident with Jeremy and a crazed facilitator. There's a chance the ...
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Rajeev Minocha
rminocha@...
Feb 8, 1999 1:43 pm
PLEASE PUT ME ON NO MAIL Thanks ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/autismlist Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com...
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valerie@...
Feb 8, 1999 3:39 pm
Hi Tom and everyone, Thanks for the feedback, it is much appreciated! Tom, do you have the website address for the FCI website? I'm not familiar with it. The...
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Valerie J. Carter
VALERIE@...
Feb 8, 1999 4:02 pm
Dear Jim, Thanks for your message! And as I said on the message I sent to the list last night, I am getting inspired to do some serious looking into trying out...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 9, 1999 3:28 am
... Hi Val, I just read one of your posts on the listserv and found out that you are a speech pathologist and mother to an autisitc boy (Paul?). The web...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 9, 1999 4:25 am
Hi everyone, The amount of posts on this list are light, so I feel emboldened to do some posting. There's an absolute chill on any discussion of FC on any of...
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David Rice
yamaha1@...
Feb 9, 1999 5:37 am
As I remember, FC has not been 'totally harmless in the past, you need to check FC's history better. ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/autismlist ...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 9, 1999 11:34 pm
... Hi David, I know the history of FC very well and you are right that it wasn't harmless in the past. Abuse allegations were made through FC against staff...
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James J Maddaloni
joesdad1@...
Feb 9, 1999 11:50 pm
Hi valerie, Like you I've been busy, too busy to check my e-mail or answer your post as it should have been. I've done a little looking and I found a hand out...
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Tom Smith
fcautism@...
Feb 10, 1999 12:07 am
... I don't ... and am ... Hi Theresa, FC is the acronym for Facilitated Communication. It's a communication method that is done by holding the clients hand...
