RE: [FCworld] Can we work together to make FC more available?

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From: autismlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:autismlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Arthur Golden
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:16 AM
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Subject: [Autismlist] [FCworld] Can we work together to make FC more
available?


I just posted the following message to the FCworld list.  If you also
belong to FCworld, please post any replies to FCworld.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FCworld/message/1733

From: Arthur Golden
To: FCworld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: [FCworld] Can we work together to make FC more available?


Can we work together to make FC - Facilitated Communication - more
available?

1.  First of all, let me clearly state that I personally wish to work
together with everyone to make FC - Facilitated Communication - more
available.  Here in Israel I have worked together for over a decade
with a particular group of people, who share certain beliefs about
FC, to make FC available to a small number of individuals with
disabilities including my own son Ben.  Unfortunately, others who are
proponents of FC both here in Israel and elsewhere have not worked
together with me because of certain beliefs that I have (naively)
revealed to them.

2.  However, most of the people who refused to work with me did so 8
to 11 years ago.  Maybe, their views have mellowed over all this
time.  Therefore, I wish to give another try to work together with
everyone possible to make FC more available.  Before doing so, I do
feel that some specific issues should be discussed within the FCworld
e-mail group to try to make sure that we really can work together.
Over the next few weeks, I will try to raise these issues, while at
the same time begin my own efforts to make FC more available where I
now live, in the state of Israel.

3.  Lastly, at this time, I do wish to note that certain practices in
connection with FC with which I was associated (in contrast to
beliefs) stopped many months ago and I do not plan to be associated
with such practices.  For over 8 years, ending in early 2003, my son
Ben used to give spiritual advice.  While I continue to believe that
my son Ben is able to give spiritual advice because of his type of
FC, my son Ben and the group that I am involved with, no longer do
so.  I hope that the ending of such practices will allow other
proponents of FC to now work with me to make FC more available.

Your comments would be appreciated.

Arthur Golden of Jerusalem Israel

*** Hello Art & Ben,
"Funny" that this post should arrive just as Ben & I returned from an outing
that included a trip to the "bargain bin" of videos at the local store.  I
felt strongly that Ben's selections today [as well as the very trip to that
store] were quite deliberate.  As you know, most of Ben's communications are
via atypical FC and more suited to the "type" of FC/communication with which
you are familiar via your son Ben and some others.   I think our position is
well understood in regard to FC and for now - he continues to show minimal
interest/desire in "best practices" FC.  While I don't view the things our
Ben points out or letters as Spiritual "advice" .. it could be interpreted
that way at times;  however, I do believe his purpose is to work on our
spirits at a soul level.  Maybe being too stubborn or adamant - I do not
feel the need to change or shift the *how* of what we do for anyone.

Anyway, he stood at my shoulder and read this post with me.  He went to the
4 new videos he chose today and did a rapid sequence viewing with point outs
of the following in response to this post [my comments in brackets][i try to
*not* interpret and only offer enhancement for context] :

MGM [lion logo]

Arthur Marks Film

pick up in reverse [truck moving backwards]
God's Army

A guide to re-awakening the Magic in Everyday Life:

The Way of The Wizard

Monkey hustle [Soul Classics]

Now he stands and claps hands & is happy and does a pirouette on tiptoe.
;o)

~*~ ben & tink
















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