Advocates claim it has the power to unlock the hidden intelligence of profoundly autistic people. The results are unstudied.

Spelling methods that teach nonspeakers to point to letters to spell words are controversial because they require a ...

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.

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 ...