Comments on: Humanities Film Series teaches about living with Autism http://thesnapper.com/2009/11/05/humanities-film-series-teaches-about-living-with-autism/ Established 1925 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:36:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carole Harrington http://thesnapper.com/2009/11/05/humanities-film-series-teaches-about-living-with-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 Carole Harrington Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:33 +0000 http://thesnapper.com/?p=3066#comment-2365 My son, 42, has autism and spent two semesters at a community college using facilitated communication. However, when he enrolled in a psychology class (ironically), he was banned from using FC to take tests and was, therefore, unable to continue going to school. This was approximately 15 years ago when Dr. Douglas Biklin of Syracuse U. initiated the FC movement. Chris now refuses to type unless he has something urgent to say. He was ridiculed and rejected - so he rejects FC and college. It is too sad. How did this person manage to overcome this prejudicial barrier at the community college? My son, 42, has autism and spent two semesters at a community college using facilitated communication. However, when he enrolled in a psychology class (ironically), he was banned from using FC to take tests and was, therefore, unable to continue going to school. This was approximately 15 years ago when Dr. Douglas Biklin of Syracuse U. initiated the FC movement. Chris now refuses to type unless he has something urgent to say. He was ridiculed and rejected – so he rejects FC and college.

It is too sad. How did this person manage to overcome this prejudicial barrier at the community college?

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