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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new autism panel is championing a controversial communication method popular among parents of severely autistic people. Critics warn of abuse — and fake “telepathy.”

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new autism panel is championing a controversial communication method popular among parents of severely autistic people. Critics warn of abuse — and fake “telepathy.”

Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people with autism in a form of communication called assisted spelling. One problem: Leading professional organizations don't believe it works.

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Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people with autism in a form of communication called assisted spelling.

Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies

The HHS' new autism panel champions a controversial communication method popular among parents of severely autistic people. Critics warn of abuse — and fake “telepathy."

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people with autism in a form of communication called assisted spelling.

Autism’s new territory: From camel’s milk and stem cell injections to spelling therapy Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people with […]

Noah Simmons glides down a rope at a climbing center in Gaithersburg, Md. During a Zoom session in which he typed on a keyboard held by his mother, Simmons wrote