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> 2 petabytes
zowie. the world's gonna asplode.
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I just wrote Anu about it, including "I'm writing in case there's a chance you just didn't realize this and there's an easy fix. If they can't be recovered, then so be it."
Thanks, M! :-)
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Nice reconstruction act, tsuwm.
From the American Psychologocal Association:
Facilitated communication is a process by which a facilitator supports the hand or arm of a communicatively impaired individual while using a keyboard or typing device. It has been claimed that this process enables persons with autism or mental retardation to communicate. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that facilitated communication is not a scientifically valid technique for individuals with autism or mental retardation. In particular, information obtained via facilitated communication should not be used to confirm or deny allegations of abuse or to make diagnostic or treatment decisions.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that APA adopts the position that facilitated communication is a controversial and unproved communicative procedure with no scientifically demonstrated support for its efficacy.
It is however fascinating to see how in one section of the video the girl looks out of the window moving her hands along with the traffic and maybe the movement of twigs and branches of the trees and in a further section responds to the wildly waving flag with a wildly fluttering piece of paper.
(This was my last post as I remember after etaoin said : "You guys should watch the video again.")
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and then I wrote something profound.
heh.
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Nope. Most of what she does reminds me strongly of what infants do before (and also still after) they have the use of words.(not in that compulsive way).
The waving, the water, proves that she interacts with her surroundings but at what level.
We understand our babies before they speak too and are amazed by the way they start to interact with the surrounding world. They 'think' and we think we understand what they see and think. But it seems to me this video proves a thing that someone wants to be proofed. I don't really get it, though as I said it is fascinating.
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and what I wrote was saying that Sacks' work shows that there are abilities we have as infants that are "devolved" as we grow older, to help us cope with society. my suggestion was that autists don't go through that devolution stage.
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Ah! Yes! That was the profound thing!
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If facilitated communication was as effective as people hoped then this should be as or nearly as effective as a human helper. I use it a lot with patients with very poor muscle tone and it is very good at eliminating the effect of gravity during arm activities.
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Oh, that's cool, Zed! I can see where that could come in really handy, to put it mildly.
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