cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/66772685
The Telepathy Tapes (hosted by Ky Dickens) makes the false claim that, among others claims, nonverbal autistic children have telepathic abilities and that is revealed through a method called “spelling to communicate.” “Spelling to communicate” is a rebrand of the now discredited therapy method known as Facilitated Communication.
Thank you for posting this. Taking advantage of severely disabled people for clout and money.
Likewise if you see pets on social media “talking” with boards and buttons, that is also basically Facilitated Communication. If you properly blind the participants the illusion falls apart.
Link to the video in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HiuElTX7pM
Is was so sad to see those earlier experiments. A lot of those people actually thought they were helping those kids. But then when the results became clear they were really shocked and sad to see it was them all along. Often it was just little subconscious nudges.
There were however a lot of people who knew exactly what they were doing, at the cost of those kids. Especially that story about the “kid” claiming he got raped by his father was terrible. It really shows how something with good intentions can spiral out of control real fast.
Fuck those Spelling to communicate people, they should go to jail for the shit they are trying to pull.