Sue Rubin
Susan Marjorie "Sue" Rubin (born May 25, 1978) is a functionally non-verbal person with autism who was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary Autism Is A World. This documentary purports to show that Rubin has learned to communicate via the technique of facilitated communication, in which she types messages using a keyboard with someone else's assistance.
Facilitated communication is scientifically discredited technique. Organisations such as American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Association for Behavior Analysis have stated that facilitated communication is not a valid technique.
Rubin was listed as a contributing author in Autism and The Myth of The Person Alone, a collection edited by Douglas Biklen, a proponent of facilitated communication. The book purported to feature functionally non-verbal published authors with autism including Lucy Blackman. It featured Tito Mukhopadhyay, artist Larry Bissonette, Alberto Frugone, Jamie Burke and award winning writer Richard Attfield.
Facilitated communication is scientifically discredited technique. Organisations such as American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Association for Behavior Analysis have stated that facilitated communication is not a valid technique.
Rubin was listed as a contributing author in Autism and The Myth of The Person Alone, a collection edited by Douglas Biklen, a proponent of facilitated communication. The book purported to feature functionally non-verbal published authors with autism including Lucy Blackman. It featured Tito Mukhopadhyay, artist Larry Bissonette, Alberto Frugone, Jamie Burke and award winning writer Richard Attfield.
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