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Wretches & Jabberers
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Wikipedia article
'Wretches & Jabberers' is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg and produced by Wurzburg and Douglas Biklen that promotes the scientifically discredited facilitated communication technique. The film is about two autistic men, Larry Bissonnette and Tracy Thresher, who travel the world helping other autistic people break out of their isolation. It opened in theaters in New York and California on July 30, 2010.
The film has been criticized by multiple sources for promoting facilitated communication. 'Skeptical Inquirer' claims "it is clear that their facilitators are prompting them by touching an arm or shoulder as they type." As a review of the film in USA Today reports, psychology professor James Todd has agreed with skepticism towards the film by referring to facilitated communication as "the single most discredited intervention in the history of developmental disabilities", while Howard Shane, the Director of Communication Enhancement at Boston Children's Hospital, noted that many people with autism are able to type independently; accordingly "it is curious that those [in this film] being facilitated can only create these insightful comments" when aided by an assistant.
See also
* Rapid prompting method
Films
* 'Annie's Coming Out'
* 'Autism Is a World'
* 'Deej'
Books
* 'The Reason I Jump'
* 'Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8'
References
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