Prisoners of Silence

1992 · PBS Video. · Washington, DC : PBS Video

Facilitated communication (FC), a controversial, new technique which is profoundly altering the lives of people with autism and their families. Heralded by many as a breakthrough technique for communicating with nonverbal people with autism, it is being rejected by many scientists as simply not real. 1 videocassette (56 min.) : 1/2 in General public Produced jointly by KCTS Seattle, WNET New York, WPBT Miami, WTVS Detroit and WGBH Boston. Hosted by Judy Woodruff Originally broadcast as an episode of Frontline