On March 19, Anna Stubblefield pleaded guilty in a very high profile criminal case. I don't know off hand whether I have written about it in this blog before. [Later Insertion. I have not specifically mentioned Stubblefield here -- I have discussed an underlying controversy ....] Stubblefield has pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual contact with a man known to the public only as DJ, a man with severe cerebral palsy. She has claimed that she has been communicating with DJ through "facilitated communication" (FC) and until agreeing to this guilty plea she had taken the view that they had a consensual romantic relationship, consent conveyed through the FC. [Later insertion. The validity or otherwise of FC is the underlying controversy mentioned in the first use of brackets above. Nearly two years ago I posted here my review of the Donvan/Zucker book about autism. I briefly discussed FC in that context. Autism was not part of DJ's condition.] Senten...
