This video shows a presentation given at Duke University in 2015 by Tito Mukhopadhyay and Grinnell College English professor Ralph Savarese. They recount their conversations about literature, which took place by Skype over seven years, and answer questions from the audience about disability, inclusion, literature, and Tito’s writing. Tito joins the conversation at minute 40:49 of the video, where he can be seen sitting on the stage and typing independently. Tito learned to type using Rapid Prompting Method, which was developed by his mother, Soma Mukhopadhyay. The presentation took place on April 27, 2015, and the video was uploaded to YouTube on August 3, 2017.
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“Just try keeping your mouth shut for a day,” Chammi typed. “Try keeping your mouth shut while they talk about you, telling your mother to put you away in an institution. You want to scream, No, no, no, but you are mute. Fortunately, a determined mom searched the world over until she found a way that my voice could be as loud as yours.”
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This video clip taken by a local NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in April 2013 describes how then-16-year-old Ido Kedar learned how to type on an iPad through the Rapid Prompting Method. Ido is the author of Ido in Autismland (2012) and the forthcoming In Two Worlds (2018).
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Tito Mukhopadhyay, “Classical Autism and the Instruction of Literature”
This video shows a presentation given at Duke University in 2015 by Tito Mukhopadhyay and Grinnell College English professor Ralph Savarese. They recount their conversations about literature, which took place by Skype over seven years, and answer questions from the audience about disability, inclusion, literature, and Tito’s writing. Tito joins the conversation at minute 40:49 of the video, where he can be seen sitting on the stage and typing independently. Tito learned to type using Rapid Prompting Method, which was developed by his mother, Soma Mukhopadhyay. The presentation took place on April 27, 2015, and the video was uploaded to YouTube on August 3, 2017.
Autism: The Movement Perspective (2013-2015)
Chammi Rajapatirana, “Hear Me Now”
“Just try keeping your mouth shut for a day,” Chammi typed. “Try keeping your mouth shut while they talk about you, telling your mother to put you away in an institution. You want to scream, No, no, no, but you are mute. Fortunately, a determined mom searched the world over until she found a way that my voice could be as loud as yours.”
The Maturing of Facilitated Communication: A Means Toward Independent Communication
Minimally Verbal School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Neglected End of the Spectrum
Ido Kedar, “I Escaped My Prison”
This video clip taken by a local NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in April 2013 describes how then-16-year-old Ido Kedar learned how to type on an iPad through the Rapid Prompting Method. Ido is the author of Ido in Autismland (2012) and the forthcoming In Two Worlds (2018).