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Biklen, Douglas; Duchan, Judith Felson – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1994
This discussion of facilitated communication (FC) focuses on implications of conflicting views of retardation, science, and truth. Discussion supports FC and considers the normative view and the competence view of individuals with mental retardation, positivist and experiential approaches to research in mental retardation, and responses to…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Competence, Mental Retardation, Phenomenology