Why Aren’t Nonspeaking Autistic Spellers Employed?
It’s suspicious for facilitator bias when a nonspeaking autistic who spells elaborate paragraphs is somehow not able to hold down a simple job. […]
Why Are Brilliant Nonspeaking Spellers in Day Programs?
If nonspeaking autistic spellers are the actual composers of their advanced narrative via letter boards held by parents, why are they in day programs? This is a very fair question. For example, the alleged author [...]
Why Do Nonspeaking Spellers Have Advanced Writing Skills?
Why do autistic nonspeakers who write via pointing to letters on a card always have advanced writing skills? The sophistication never matches their background. This is one of the many red flags for assisted spelling, [...]
“Spell Therapy”: New Name for Autism Pseudoscience Method
Proponents of this pseudoscience are now calling it spell therapy and assisted spelling, and it’s largely endorsed by those who think autism comes from vaccines. Why is the rapid prompting method and spell2communicate (RPM and [...]
Signs that Assisted Spelling (RPM) in Autism Is Bogus
Like anything in life, there are authentic versions and there are phony or scam versions. Assisted spelling (rapid prompting method) is not exempt from this. […]
What Would Woody Do if Mom GAVE Him Letter Board to Spell?
Many are wondering why Mary Brown doesn’t let autistic son Woody himself hold the letter board as he points to spell words. There’s a reason. […]
Rapid Prompting Method: Steady Tapping Is Suspicious for Fraud
Videos of nonspeaking autistic people using rapid prompting method usually show a fixed, uniform tapping with their index finger – as though tapping to a music beat. […]
Why Mom Claims Her Nonverbal Autistic Son Wrote Her Novel
Did Woody Brown write “Upward Bound” or did mom Mary pen this novel? Why would this mom falsely claim her nonverbal, severely autistic son wrote it? […]
How Mom Faked Her Nonverbal Autistic Son’s College Degrees
How did Mary Brown convince college professors to give her nonverbal son Woody two degrees when there’s video proof he can’t spell a single word? […]
What Did Autistic Woody Brown REALLY Spell on “Today Show”?
Naïve people who defend Woody Brown’s tapping at a letter board without looking have compared this to touch typing. […]
Nonspeaking Autistic Book Author Spells Gibberish with RPM
Mom is promoting her nonspeaking autistic son’s novel. The talk show made the error of an up-close shot of the letter board as Woody “spelled” – gibberish. […]
Mom’s Clever Excuse for Son’s Wandering Eyes with RPM
Woody Brown doesn’t look at the letter board as he allegedly spells. Mom explains this away by saying he needs to look elsewhere to maintain focus. […]
Can Nonverbal Autistics Sound Out Words Inside Their Head?
Does being unable to talk at all mean the inability to think out actual words inside one’s head? […]
Does Broca’s Area on MRI Look Different in Nonverbal Autism?
Can an MRI show a difference in the brain of a nonverbal autistic vs. a speaking individual? […]
Speech Loss in Stroke vs. Nonverbal Autism
How come a stroke patient may recover lost speech, but nonverbal autistic people can’t learn to speak even though the same part of the brain is affected? […]
What It’s Like Asking a Nonverbal Autistic to Say Words
Have you ever wondered how a nonverbal autistic person would respond if you looked at them squarely and told them to say a word? […]
Why Can’t Nonverbal Autistics Learn American Sign Language?
Ever wonder why an autistic person who has no spoken language can’t just learn to sign the way deaf people do? […]
Autistic Skeptic Requests Video of Typing Nonverbal Autistic
Why don’t articles about nonverbal autistics include videos showing them composing the eloquent commentaries they claim to create via letter boards or typing — with the camera aimed on the letters they’re selecting? [...]
Unconvinced Autistic’s 6 Questions About Rapid Prompt Method
I’m autistic and am disbelieving of the “rapid prompting method,” which is just another name for facilitated communication (long disproven by science). […]
Rapid Prompting Method: New Name for FC; Just As Unproven
Don’t let the funky name, “rapid prompting method,” fool you: This is facilitated communication in disguise with just some minor procedural differences. […]
Can a Completely Nonverbal Autistic Give Eye Contact?
Is an autistic adult who’s 100% nonverbal capable of giving, let alone holding, eye contact? Let’s take a look at this fascinating topic. […]
Why Are Nearly All Autistic Kids Who Elope Nonverbal?
Is this because an intellectual disability contributes to nonverbal status, and ID alongside autism would be why they’re more prone to eloping? […]
Your Nonspeaking Autistic Child May Be Able to Read
Don’t assume a nonverbal or non-conversational autistic person can’t read or can’t learn to read. Parents need to take the bull by the horns. […]
Nonverbal Doesn’t Mean Unaware in Autism
Just because an autistic person isn’t looking at anyone nor speaking doesn’t mean they’re not following what’s going on. […]
Will My Nonverbal Autistic 8-Year-Old Ever Talk?
Is your autistic 8-year-old still not talking? It’s natural and normal for parents to really worry if their nonverbal child will ever have conversation. […]