The Comparative Study of Facilitated Communication (FC) and Soft Touching Assistance: To Confirm the Effectiveness as a Communication Method for Students with Physical and Multiple Disabilities

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  • Facilitated Communication（FC）と表出援助法の比較研究 : 肢体不自由，重複障害のある児童生徒への効果を求めて
  • Facilitated Communication(FC)ト ヒョウシュツ エンジョホウ ノ ヒカク ケンキュウ : シタイ フジユウ,チョウフク ショウガイ ノ アル ジドウ セイト エ ノ コウカ オ モトメテ

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The special TV program of NHK Education in August, 2014“ What you taught me about my son.” won the Grand Prize on the television documentary section at the Art Festival organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in fiscal year 2014. The picture in the program showed that Mr. Higashida was non –verbal and had very severe disability of Autism, but able to communicate with pointing a communication board or typing letters on the key board to his PC. The picture showed just today’s situation of him, but it was not known that there was the long process with big efforts and anguish by him and his mother. There were many non-verbal children who can communicate with assisted method: Facilitated Communication (FC), Soft Touching Assistance and Assisted Writing Conversation Method, etc. However, there were very severe arguments about authenticity of these methods in terms of authorship, because boys and girls are not able to communicate without support. It was reviewed these methods in terms of historical review and possibilities of effectiveness for the support method for children with physical disabilities or multiple disabilities as well as autism.

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