Heckler S
Hennepin County Child Protection Services, Minneapolis, MN.
Child Abuse Negl. 1994 Jun;18(6):495-503. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(94)90003-5.
Using a new technology called facilitated communication, a 7-year-old autistic child reported that she had been sexually abused. Because this method of reporting was the first of its kind at Hennepin County's (Minneapolis) Child Protection Agency, steps were taken not only to understand facilitated communication, but also to assess the reliability of the child's report. This article includes a description of the client's complaint, the subsequent referral process that it provoked, and a background description of the client and family situation. It also describes the client's method of communication, including the assessment procedure that was devised to examine her communication production. The article ends with a summary of results from implementation of the assessment procedures, and a discussion of the limitations of these procedures. What is evident is that facilitated communication cannot be ignored.
使用一种名为辅助沟通的新技术，一名7岁的自闭症儿童报告称自己遭受了性虐待。由于这种报告方式在亨内平县（明尼阿波利斯）儿童保护机构尚属首次，因此该机构不仅采取措施了解辅助沟通，还对儿童报告的可靠性进行评估。本文包括对当事人投诉的描述、由此引发的后续转诊过程，以及当事人和家庭情况的背景描述。它还描述了当事人的沟通方式，包括为检查其沟通产出而设计的评估程序。文章最后总结了评估程序实施的结果，并讨论了这些程序的局限性。显而易见的是，辅助沟通不容忽视。
