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Larry Bissonnette
Larry Bissonnette – Right to Communicate (May, 1997)
Voters mark ballots cleanly with sharp sturdy pencils. Every opportunity language and speech note meaning, lines of communication get opened. Most people with disabilities create more meaning out of less paper and writing tools than privileged possessors of speech.
Appliances get plugged in for operation. Spellers don’t need correction but boards and devices for communication. Placing linguistically deprived haphazardly in meaningless, riotous world of silence is criminal but telling of society’s lack of sensitivity towards communicatively underserved.
Panoply of human relationships really require pleasanteries, incorporating learning of expression of personal thoughts with application of language.
Right to communicate is getting right to live in society and participate in sport of conversation and bathroom humor.
You estimate cost of putting people on the moon and it will not face up to the deficit in quality of life that shut off from speech people look at everyday.
Delay no longer. Plaster billboards with this radio friendly speech and I’ll double your money for communication boards with words of new age wisdom and insight.
Larry Bissonnette on Facilitated Communication
Strongest therapy for people with no means of expression is sensational, controversial, revolutionary, technically subtle FC. It involves understanding movement lapses of people and providing physical support to help overcome them. Plastic nature of users of FC requires topnotch weaning of support towards ultimate goal of independence.
Opening door going to outside world of really total social inclusion can’t happen unless communication of people can be developed. I encourage families to throw pennies into fountain of FC and see what pleasure you can get from ripples of expression created by your belief in your children. Larry welcomes probing realistic questions from any parents who want to learn about this technique.
Family Matters, Howard Community Services Newsletter, June 1996
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