Here's my truama-informed critique of the Telepathy Tapes podcast. In this episode, I unpack how telepathy claims about non-speaking autistic people intersect with facilitated communication, dehumanization, and inspiration-porn narratives. It highlights ethical and practical concerns around FC-style communication modalities, ideomotor effects, and the need for independent AAC access and communication safety. Listeners gain alternative, evidence-aligned explanations for “mind-reading” stories and are invited to examine internalized ableism and magical-disability tropes so they can advocate for more humanizing, autonomy-supporting AAC practices.

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• (00:00:00) - Re-Release: The Telepathy Tapes
• (00:03:15) - A Place for Burnout and Support
• (00:08:10) - The Telepathy tapes: Red Flags
• (00:14:27) - The Telepathy Tapes Has Close Ties to the Vaccine
• (00:21:15) - The Anti-Vaxx Movement's Dehumanization of Aut
• (00:27:51) - Stigma bias in magical minority tropes
• (00:30:43) - Ideomotor Effect on Bullying
• (00:40:09) - "It's Offensive To Say Autistics Are Smart"
• (00:40:49) - Augumentative Communication
• (00:42:21) - Communication with Non-Speakers
• (00:44:24) - Alternatives to The Liar Theory
• (00:50:38) - Autistic Neurodivergence: Info dumps
• (00:54:08) - Non-Speakers and Their Telepathy
• (00:59:02) - Non-Speakers and Their Communication Rights
• (01:06:19) - A message for those suffering from Burnout