Lenae Crandall is a former special education teacher who now serves the autism community as a certified Rapid Prompting Method practitioner. She is the founder of Hope, Expression & Education for ...

Advocates of "spelling to communicate" claim it can help nonverbal people communicate with words. Top-level experts have criticized the method and said the people are "cued" to point to the letters.

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Melissa Valant is ...