The Evolution of Training for Facilitated Communication

• By: Pascal Cheng, MEd Communication Consultant
• July 9th, 2026
• augmentative communication, autism research, communication support, facilitated communication, facilitated communication training, nonspeaking individuals, Summer 2026 Issue
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I first learned about facilitated communication (FC) in 1991 when a colleague shared with me Professor Douglas Biklen's 1990 article in the Harvard Educational Review, “Communication Unbound: Autism and Praxis.” This article was a qualitative research study on the method based on his...