When psychologists learned that hopeful parents of autistic children were being drawn to a program of "facilitated communication," they:
A) conducted a survey of all the facilitators working with autistic children.
B) argued that it was not ethical to use this technique with children.
C) conducted experiments involving autistic children and their facilitators.
D) carefully analyzed the testimonials about the therapy before accepting it.

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When faced with a potential issue related to the use of "facilitated communication" with autistic children, psychologists would need to conduct experiments to determine the effectiveness and safety of the technique. This would involve testing autistic children with and without facilitators present, as well as analyzing the behavior of the facilitators themselves. Simply surveying facilitators or analyzing testimonials would not provide sufficient evidence for making a decision about the technique's use. Ethical considerations would also need to be taken into account, but this can only be determined once we have sufficient evidence about the effectiveness of the technique.

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