Fraud:
http://www.skepdic.com/facilcom.html
If you use a double blind test it could easily disprove the method, as its the handler pushing his fingers to where they want it.
Sad.
One of the comments on the newstory puts it best:
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The method of communication being used here is not via "computer" but facilitated communication (FC) in which a facilitator helps guide Rom's hand to touch a screen. Unfortunately, facilitated communication is a hoax.
There is on one inescapable fact - FC cannot pass a double blind test.
Step 1) Show Rom a photo of a bicycle and show his facilitator a photo of a fish (with a divider so that neither can see the other person's picture).
Step 2) As Rom to type what he sees.
Step 3) Watch Rom type the word Fish even though he has no way of knowing what his facilitator is seeing.
Step 4) Repeat the process 100 times and find that in EVERY case the word type is of the photo the facilitator sees.
The facilitators are sub consciously guiding Roms hand, just like using a ouiji board. It is difficult to believe they could do this without being aware of it, but it's true. Look up "Prisoners of Silence" from 60 Minutes.
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