NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK IS NOT THE SAME
AS NOT HAVING ANYTHING TO SAY.
(Rosemary Crossley)
Originated by Rosemary Crossley, educator and founder of the DEAL Communication Centre in Melbourne, Australia, facilitated communication is a means of “facilitating” expression by people who either do not talk or do not talk clearly. For people with autism and other communication disabilities, the problem of communication may not be essentially cognitive or receptive, but is rather a difficulty with expression. With facilitation, many of these people can point to letters and thus construct words, phrases and sentences.
The poster for this saying was developed by: The Facilitated Communication Project at the School of Education, Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation, 805 South Crouse Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244-2280. http://soeweb.syr.edu/thefci/
The actual poster for this saying and more advocacy materials can be found at: Human Policy Press, Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University, P.O. Box 35127,Syracuse, NY 13235, 315-443-2761 (voice) 315-443-4355 (tty) 315-443-4338 (fax) E-mail: thechp@syr.edu Website: http://thechp.syr.edu/HumanPolicyPress/