Established at Syracuse University in 1992, the Facilitated Communication Institute conducts research, training and scholarly seminars, and public education. It was created as a way of coalescing the research community, in conjunction with people with disabilities and their families, as well as practicing professionals to examine, learn about, and share information on facilitated communication.

Facilitated communication is an alternative means of expression for people who cannot speak or whose speech is highly limited (e.g. echoed, limited to one or a few word utterances) and who cannot point reliably.

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• General Information
• Bibliographies and Abstracts -From journals, newsletters and other media
• Articles by FC Users
• Articles from the Facilitated Communication Digest
• Position Statements on Facilitated Communication
• Abstracts of Conference Presentations
• Educational Materials
• Information on the upcoming conference