facilitated communication
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffacilitateandcommunication
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facilitate
verb[T]
uk/fəˈsɪl.ɪ.teɪt/us/fəˈsɪl.ə.teɪt/
to make something possible ...
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communication
noun
uk/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/kəˌmjuː.nəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of communicating ...
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(Definition offacilitateandcommunicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For instance, it was thought that devising a standard methodology of literature identification and synthesis would havefacilitatedcommunicationand coordination between agencies/programs.
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Its contribution was that, in its lexical work, it somewhatfacilitatedcommunicationin the language, thus making its use more effective and its acquisition consequently more feasible.
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Women's networksfacilitatedcommunication, coordination, and the provision of information/knowledge regarding agricultural production, income generation, skill enhancement and family food security.
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The use offacilitatedcommunicationis shown throughout this film and promoted by the producers of the film.
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Schawlow was a promoter of the controversial method offacilitatedcommunicationwith patients of autism.
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He even claimed to be a skeptic myself and acknowledged that the bad reputation of some forms offacilitatedcommunicationis justified.
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Fitzpatrick is also skeptical that thefacilitatedcommunicationwas performed without bias, and says the book matches the hopes of an autistic child's parents.
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Current position statements of certain professional and/or advocacy organizations do not support the use offacilitatedcommunicationbecause of their objections that it lacks scientific validity or reliability.
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Scholars presume burning these grasses may havefacilitatedcommunicationwith spirits during funeral ceremonies.
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At the age of thirteen, she learned to express herself through a computer keyboard, otherwise known asfacilitatedcommunication, revealing that she was in fact highly intelligent.
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