Rocky Mountain Skeptics

Rocky Mountain Skeptics in Action

A collection of articles on subjects that are of interest to skeptics

• Facilitated Communication - A technique by which non-communicating persons, such as autistics, allegedly are able to "communicate" with the help of a facilitator, who usually supports their arm as they type on a computer. Read what the courts have had to say on this controversial topic. By Becky Graben.
• Therapeutic Touch - Neither touch nor therapeutic, this misnamed and contoversial practice involves trained practitioners moving their hands through the body's "energy fields" to supposedly promote healing or reduce pain. Read about RMS's involvement with the Colorado Board of Nursing over granting continuing education credits in areas of unsubstantiated science.
• RMS critique of JAMA Therapeutic Touch article - The RMS response to the Emily Rosa experiment written up in the April 1, 1998 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
• The RMS Database of Negative Testimony for Alternative Medicine

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