A controversial communication method for people with autism may not be the miracle it seems. Free Expression’s Emma Camp reports on Rapid Processing Method, or RPM.
A Waterloo mother is fighting to allow her non-verbal son the use of a communication method the Waterloo Regional District School Board (WRDSB) says they do not recognize as valid. Jude Valant is a 19 ...
In early June, Ally Betchan and her family made the monthly trek from their small central Texas town to a therapy center in ...
This two-part conference will address the resurgence of new variants of facilitated communication (FC) that have appeared across the country, including in the Philadelphia area. A school in Newtown ...
“Once I sluggishly died to the idea of talking, my mind was free to roam.” Those words begin a poem written by Richie Specht, 27, using what is known as the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM). The poem was ...
Lenae Crandall is a former special education teacher who now serves the autism community as a certified Rapid Prompting Method practitioner. She is the founder of Hope, Expression & Education for ...