Which of the following is the best description of facilitated communication?
a. It is a promising new way of letting communication-impaired people, such as those with autism, express their thoughts.
b. The facilitators, who hold the fingers and arm of communication-impaired people on a keyboard, are deliberately faking the answers.
c. The facilitators believe that it is the communication-impaired person who is choosing what to type, but are probably wrong and are unknowingly determining the answers themselves.
d. Facilitated communication helps people with mild versions of autism to communicate but does not help those with severe cases.
Question 2
According to this chapter, which is the best analogy to describe people's thinking abilities?
a. People are cognitive misers.
b. People are motivated tacticians.
c. People are skilled detectives.
d. People are flawed scientists.
Nurse-patient interaction; nonverbal communication
Culturally Sensitive Communication
Medical Language Communication
Therapeutic Communication Skills
Therapeutic Communication Skills
Communication: Making Connections, 11th