National Down Syndrome Society controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
Criticism of facilitated communication webinar
NDSS hosted a webinar on facilitated communication, a method criticized by researchers and skeptics who argue that facilitators may influence or author typed messages. Commentators questioned whether presenting the method as a rights issue gave insufficient weight to evidence-based communication research.