Communication Rights for Non-Speakers & the Push for Stone’s Law

Podcast: The David Kaufer Podcast: The Lighter Side of the Spectrum · David Kaufer

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

David Kaufer and producer David Yas mark the podcast’s approaching two-year anniversary and discuss communication rights for non-speaking autistic people, focusing on access to methods like S2C, RPM, and FC and opposition from ASHA’s 2018 positioning statement and the message passing test. They argue the test is unfair, unvalidated for proving authorship, and used by school districts to deny accommodations, while critics frame the issue around potential facilitator influence and false abuse allegations. David describes the intensive role of a “communication regulation partner,” cites growing lived evidence of successful communication and education outcomes, and notes ASHA’s current co...