Jason Travers
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Professor of Special Ed & ABA at Temple U. Behavior analyst, skeptic, teacher educator, & autism researcher. #Metascience. Stop Facilitated Communication/S2C!
Philadelphia, PA
Joined September 2012
I’ve decided to abandon Twitter despite the the joy I’ve gotten from #AcademicTwitter. Come find me on Blue Sky instead and let’s connect about science, education, and video games there instead:
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Thank you to the White House Initiative on Black Americans for coming to Philadelphia to host the Power Up Summit at @templeuniv Secretary Miguel Cardona spent some in our college with our students and staff. #shapingleaders #drivingchange #expandingimpact
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To clarify, I have known for some time that I was not a robot. Today it was confirmed that I am a human. No biological exam necessary. Artificial intelligence truly is amazing.
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Captcha has confirmed, by way of my ability to click on a soccer ball and parts of a school bus, not only that I am not a robot, but that I am a human. What an amazing time to be alive.
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Pioneer and absolute titan of special education, my friend Jim Kauffman, died this morning. Jim was faculty emeritus @UVA, and spent his career promoting and defending specialized education. I’m saddened by his passing but grateful for our friendship. Good night, my friend.
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Thank you! @sreesociety was my first academic conference and I have benefited so much from the kindness and mentorship I’ve received from the folks involved in this organization.
Congratulations to @AllisonFGilmour for receiving the @sreesociety early career award! Couldn’t be happier for her and so well deserved.
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“In December 2020, Kevin Plantan’s nightmare began in earnest. On December 15, 2020, when SP was at home performing facilitated communication with one of her aides, she typed out allegations…” Another life shattered by false allegations made with FC: https://t.co/gV5nf3SwTd
skepticalinquirer.org
On January 8, 2021, Kevin Plantan left his home in Naples, Florida, on his way to a regular monthly visit to see his fourteen-year-old daughter, SP, who was ...
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Excellent piece on the dangers of FC and need for bioethicists to speak up. It’s not an esoteric issue. FC continues to put innocent people in jail and split up families. Gone? No. It’s growing again, hidden behind new names like “Spelling to Communicate.”
thehastingscenter.org
Last month, Netflix premiered the documentary Tell Them You Love Me, the story of former Rutgers University professor Anna Stubblefield, who was convicted
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#NAC28 features session strands for everyone! Join us with our keynotes Bridget A. Taylor, Dr. Linda LeBlanc, and many more experts in the field making a difference for students with autism. View the full list of session guides on the #NAC2024 webpage: https://t.co/wscTy3UApA
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New in @ScienceMagazine. Kate Starbird and I warn about the threat to academic freedom in misinformation research.
science.org
Academics researching online misinformation in the US are learning a hard lesson: Academic freedom cannot be taken for granted. They face a concerted effort—including by members of Congress—to...
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At least 44 students experienced 20 or more restraints & seclusions during the period covered by the investigation & one student was restrained or secluded at least 144 times, including 99 seclusions lasting over 15 hours in total.
BREAKING: A Department of Justice investigation found that Wichita Public Schools disciplined Black students, especially girls, more often and more severely than their white peers. DOJ Summary findings can be found here: https://t.co/IT6MYxNmd8
@KMUW
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Pseudoscience isn't just incorrect—it can also be incredibly dangerous. This story is shocking and disturbing. The new @Netflix documentary "Tell Them You Love Me" unveils the bizarre case of Anna Stubblefield, a disabilities professor who deluded herself into believing in
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New Fact Sheet on Children Held in Solitary Confinement
solitarywatch.org
Despite the dire effects of isolation on children, hundreds of kids are held in solitary in adult prisons and jails and juvenile facilities.
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Reminder to media folk on FC. The thing you call “controversial” involves physically manipulating disabled people, usually children, and defrauding the loved ones trying to connect with them—usually by professionals whose credentials say they know better and wouldn’t do that.
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@FCisnotScience I actually testified about that. Stubblefield claimed to be an FC “master trainer.” Her mother contributed to the “Facilitated Communication Training Standards” and organized FC workshops, including at least one done by several Syracuse insiders. I still have my certificate.
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Where are all the Anna Stubblefield sympathizers now? The defended her during trial, argued FC was legit, & rejected scientific evidence. No defending her now? No blog posts, online commentary, social media? Where are the advocates for the spelling to communicate version of FC?
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New Netflix documentary "Tell Them You Love Me" Anna Stubblefield uses the long-ago debunked method of facilitated communication (FC) with a severely diabled man with cerebral palsy. Talking to herself through a keyboard (believing he was communicating), she falls in love with
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