Hi Disability Studies at our university (and I suspect at many others with such programs) adopts a Critical Theory approach ... that is, it is more a humanities activity than a scientific one, whether social or natural science. Academics who think that post-modern nonsense has been defeated are unaware of or misunderstanding what is going on in too many "interdisciplinary" programs, like Disability Studies. Note the lack of Psychology or other "scientific" approaches in the following MA program at York.
http://www.yorku.ca/gradcdis/ma/index.html >From this Critical Theory perspective, understanding human cognition, >psychopathology, developmental psychology, etc. from a scientific orientation >is irrelevant to the politicized agenda adopted, despite the fact that the >majority of disabilities would properly have foundations in these and related >areas. Or here's a bit on their epistemological orientation (see third paragraph). http://www.iva.dk/jni/lifeboat/info.asp?subjectid=29 Academia sorely needs a reprint or update of Gross & Levitt's "Higher Superstition." Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 5:46 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: RE:[tips] Facilitated communication First, I'm responding because Scott's reply did not appear on the Mail Archive version of Tips. I don't know why but this has been an intermittent problem for Tips posts, I believe that one of my recent posts did not make it to the website. Second, I was unaware that there was a "disability studies" area separate from disabilities specialties within psychology. The real issue is to what extent do people in "disability studies" use criteria other than scientific in evaluating claims and processes (e.g., concerned with different types of "truth" such as "poetic truth" instead of "factual truth"). Third, for Scott, given that the "guns everywhere" law has been signed, what do you plan on carrying to class? Do you choose something to indicate to students that you are just carrying or are you a believer of overwhelming power and fond of saying "Are you feeling lucky?" in class? 1/2 :-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] ------------ Original Message ----------------- > Subject: RE: Facilitated communication > From: "Lilienfeld, Scott O" > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:30:16 +0000 > > Jim; Thanks for sending along. Alas, this is only the latest piece of > evidence that FC is alive and well in many quarters. See below for > the Abstract of a lengthy article ("The Surprising Persistence of > Facilitated Communication: Implications for Clinical Psychological > Science") we've recently submitted for publication (will be happy to > share it with the group once it's press somewhere...): > > "Clinical psychologists may assume that once novel clinical techniques > have been refuted by research, they will be promptly abandoned. Using > facilitated communication (FC) for autism as a recent case example, we > provide evidence to the contrary. Although FC was scientifically > discredited by the mid to late 1990s, it is still administered in > clinical and educational settings. We examine evidence for FC's (a) > continued use by practitioners, (b) persistence in academic and > institutional settings, (c) popularity in online and print sources, > (d) promotion in the media, and (e) continued risk to caregivers > accused of sexual abuse. We analyze the sources of these > developments, explore their ethical implications, and offer > recommendations for addressing the spread of FC and other > unsubstantiated interventions." > > And re: Stubblefield, she is the same Rutgers faculty member who > referred to scientific criticisms of FC as constituting "hate speech.' > Here is what we write about her: > > "Perhaps the most impassioned defense of FC in the peer-reviewed > literature appeared in an article by Stubblefield (2011) in > Disabilities Studies Quarterly entitled "Sound and Fury: When > Opposition to Facilitated Communication Functions as Hate Speech." > Invoking the metaphors of pornographers exploiting women and of Ku > Klux Klan members burning a cross on the lawn on an African-American's > house, the author contended that criticisms of FC and of FC advocates > can result in a "silencing of those people targeted by the hate > speech" (http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1729/1777). Ironically, > critics of FC were expressly denied the opportunity to the respond to > her article by the editor of the journal, who replied that rebuttals > to articles were not within the journal guidelines (Brenda Bruggeman, > November 4 & 27, 2011, personal communication with J.T.T.). " > > > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Professor > Department of Psychology, Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 8:35 AM > > Hi > Facilitated communication rears its ugly head yet again. > > http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/23/rutgers-philosophy-profe > ssor-accused-sexually-assaulting-disabled-research-partner#sthash.MISr > n3V9.dpbs --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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