Crossley, R. & McDonald, A., 1980, Annie's Coming Out. Penguin Books, Melbourne
The account of how Rosemary Crossley developed the technique later to be called facilitated communication as a means of communication with Anne McDonald, a child with cerebral palsy in an Australian institution for people with severe mental retardation. Available in America from FaCTs (see Address List) (256 pp)
Crossley, R. & McDonald, A., Annie — Licht Hinter Mauern, 1990, Piper, Munchen
The German translation of Annie's Coming Out.
Davey, R., 1982, Annie's Coming Out, Education Department, Tasmania
A play for schools based on Crossley & McDonald, 1980. The actors play the children in the ward, talking directly to the audience. The published monograph includes the text of the play and documentation on the project.
Eastham, D., 1985, Understand; Fifty memowriter poems, Oliver Pate, Ottawa
Poems by David Eastham, produced with FCT (see Eastham, 1992).
HELL IS WHERE YOU'RE IGNORED
THIS IS TRUE I SAY
HOPE
YOU UNDERSTAND
YOUR YOUTH HAS GONE AWAY
Eastham, D., 1992, Silent Words; A Biography, Oliver Pate, Ottawa
Account of an independent discovery of the techniques of FCT by a Canadian mother and her son with autism in the late 70's. David Eastham's privately published book of poetry (Forever Friends) is also reprinted.
Graham, G., 1996, A Long Season in Hell: The Battle to Save My Son, Macmillan, Sydney
An account of the treatment of a head-injured young man, by his mother. Includes material on discovery of his communication through FC.
Being a facilitator... is not as simple as it looks. The head-injured person who is fortunate enough to have a degree of upper body control and good head control can use this method virtually unaided. But even this person will need someone who knows how to correctly fit and position the headpointer, and who will take the time and trouble to make sure the alphabet board is properly mounted so that it can be used easily, comfortably and effectively. And, of course, the facilitator must have the patience to stand there and wait during the slow, tedious business of spelling things out.
Lapos, M. (ed), 1996, A Foot in Both Worlds, Facilitation Supports, Danville PA
"A collection of personal accounts from speakers, their families, friends and facilitators".
Lehr, S., 1992, If You Look In Their Eyes... You Know; parents' perspective on facilitated communication, Facilitated Communication Institute, Syracuse
Basic procedures of FCT in the form of answers to commonly asked questions. Sound instructional text with examples and short case studies. (44 pp)
Martin, R., 1994, Out of Silence, Henry Holt, New York
Moving in-depth account of life of an autistic boy, eventually communicating through FCT. Very interesting discussion of processes of language acquisition and their influence on behaviour. (300 pp)
...a modest sort of account of the way in which facilitated communication actually might succeed depends less on synonyms for mystery than on words that work on describing movement.
Nolan , C., 1987. Under the Eye of the Clock., Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
Christopher Nolan, who has cerebral palsy, uses a headpointer, with support, to access a keyboard. The book is both a literary masterpiece and a fine account of life with severe communication impairment.
Rocha, A., & Jorde, K., 1995, A Child of Eternity; an extraordinary young girl's message from the world beyond. Ballantine Books, New York
An autistic girl spelling out through FC that she is the reincarnation of John the Baptist. The messages are total nonsense: there is no reason to believe, however, that the communication is not accurate.
Sellin, B., 1993 , Ich will kein inmich mehr sein, botschaften aus einem autistichen kerker, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Koln
An account by a German youth with autism who uses facilitated communication.
Sellin, B., (1995) , I Don't Want To Be Inside Me Anymore, New York, Basic Books
A translation of Ich will kein inmich mehr sein, botschaften aus einem autistichen kerker.
Sellin, B., (1995) , tr. Anthea Bell, In Dark Hours I Find My Way, London, Victor Gollancz
Another translation of Ich will kein inmich mehr sein, botschaften aus einem autistichen kerker. I do not know why two different translations were commissioned.
Zöller, D., 1992 , Ich gebe nicht auf, Scherz Verlag, München
An account by a German youth with autism who uses facilitated communication
I would very much appreciate any suggestions for additions to this bibliography. I can be reached by e-mail at cborthwick@vichealth.vic.gov.au.
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