ASHA tells House Human Services panel RPM lacks evidence and raises authorship concerns
Diane Paul of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association told the House Human Services Committee that the rapid prompting method (RPM) raises unresolved questions about who authors messages and lacks scientific validation; ASHA urged use of evidence-based augmentative and alternative communication and more research.
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Diane Paul, senior director for clinical services in speech-language pathology at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), told the Vermont House Human Services Committee that ASHA does not recommend the rapid prompting method, or RPM, citing concerns about prompt dependency and unresolved "authorship" questions.
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