Facilitated communication, first used with patients with cerebral palsy in Australia in the 1980s, is a method in which the hand, wrist or arm of a nonverbal person is supported by another person ...

STOCKTON (CBS13) — A Stockton police officer is being praised for his quick thinking after helping a child with nonverbal autism get home safely. On Monday morning, someone called Stockton ...

The release said the low-tech, inexpensive communication boards will allow officers to serve non-verbal individuals in a non-threatening way. St. Joseph County Police Department mental health ...

Children with autism who don't speak could benefit from using pictures to communicate, and having even their small attempts at speaking rewarded, new research suggests.

Benjamin Alexander, the first student with nonverbal autism to attend Tulane University in New Orleans, is an English major and a writer who's had essays published locally. He uses a form of ...

Here are a few answers to questions about nonverbal autism and facilitated communication as well as the controversy surrounding 'supported typing.' Click here for important updates to our privacy ...