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facilitated communication

facilitated communication noun: the now-discredited technique of assisting a person with a disability to communicate by helping them to point out letters of the alphabet on a board so as to spell a message.

Noun

facilitated communication (uncountable)

  1. The now-discredited technique of assisting a person with a disability to communicate by helping them to point out letters of the alphabet on a board so as to spell a message.
    Synonyms:
    FC

Synonyms of facilitated communication

Questions about facilitated communication

What does facilitated communication mean?
Facilitated communication means the now-discredited technique of assisting a person with a disability to communicate by helping them to point out letters of the alphabet on a board so as to spell a message.
What part of speech is facilitated communication?
Facilitated communication is a noun.

Words near facilitated communication in the dictionary

  1. facilely
  2. facileness
  3. faciliatory
  4. facilitate
  5. facilitated
  6. facilitated communication
  7. facilitates
  8. facilitating
  9. facilitation
  10. facilitations
  11. facilitative

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