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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Soma Mukhopādhyāy''' ({{IPA-hi|mʊkʰoːˈpaːd̪ʱjaːj}}) is an Indian educator and the creator of the scientifically unproven [[Rapid Prompting Method]], which is closely related to [[facilitated communication]]. Her use of the RPM with her autistic son Tito (born 1989) garnered media attention in America in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name="ControversialTherapies">{{cite book |last=Todd |first=James T. |title=Controversial Therapies for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities: Fad, Fashion, and Science in Professional Practice |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317623830 |page=374 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HY29CgAAQBAJ |accessdate=8 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Mukhopadhyay came to the United States in 2001, and joined Helping Autism through Learning and Outreach (HALO) in Texas in 2005. She also hosts workshops involving RPM worldwide. RPM was featured in an [[Apple Inc.]] commercial, which led to further controversy over her technique.<ref name="Verge">{{cite news |last1=Montague |first1=Jules |title=Apple’s 2017 Webby-nominated ad featured autism pseudoscience |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16866062/apple-autism-ad-webby-award-bad-science |accessdate=17 July 2019 |work=The Verge |date=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Skeptic">{{cite web |last1=Kreidler |first1=Marc |title=Syracuse, Apple, and Autism Pseudoscience |url=https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/syracuse_apple_and_autism_pseudoscience/?/specialarticles/show/syracuse_apple_and_autism_pseudoscience |website=Skeptical Inquirer |accessdate=17 July 2019 |date=28 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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It has been noted that Mukhopadhyay gives a high rate of verbal, gestural, and physical prompts even to the most independent students, and uses [[circular logic]] to explain why she claims RPM is legitimate.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tostanoski |first1=Amy |last2=Lang |first2=Russell |last3=Raulston |first3=Tracy |last4=Carnett |first4=Amarie |last5=Davis |first5=Tonya |year=2014 |title=Voices from the past: Comparing the rapid prompting method and facilitated communication |journal=Developmental Neurorehabilitation |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=219-223 |doi=10.3109/17518423.2012.749952|doi-access=free }}</ref> Mukhopadhyay has also acknowledged that a teacher who wants to move quickly could accidentally guide the student's arm through touch, when that is not allowed in RPM.<ref name="RPM 2019 review">{{cite journal |last1=Schlosser |first1=Ralf |last2=Hemsley |first2=Bronwyn |last3=Shane |first3=Howard |last4=Todd |first4=James |last5=Lang |first5=Russell |last6=Lilienfeld |first6=Scott |last7=Trembath |first7=David |last8=Mostert |first8=Mark |last9=Fong |first9=Seraphine |last10=Odom |first10=Samuel |year=2019 |title=Rapid prompting method and autism spectrum disorder: Systematic review exposes lack of evidence |journal=Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders |doi=10.1007/s40489-019-00175-w|doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
https://www.halo-soma.org/main.php?sess_id=ffc77487e65f28d74be12258cf8fade1<br />
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