Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core members of Ta-Nehisi’s old Horde—just wrote a long commissioned piece for The Atlantic criticizing “facilitated communication,” ...

Classes for people with autism, which were stopped due to a noise complaint, are to be reinstated following an apology by Meath County Council. The All Ability Learning Ireland classes were providing ...

Meath Co. Council has launched an investigation after classes for people with autism in an autism friendly town are to be stopped next month due to a noise complaint. One parent whose child attends ...

Advocates of "spelling to communicate" claim it can help nonverbal people communicate with words. Top-level experts have criticized the method and said the people are "cued" to point to the letters.

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