Douglas Paul Biklen was born on September 8,1945 and is an American educator, fine art photographer, leading proponent of facilitated communication, a scientifically discredited technique which purports to allow non-verbal people to communicate; and an advocate of educational inclusion.
11 Facts About Douglas Biklen
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Douglas Biklen was controversially appointed Dean of the Syracuse University School of Education in 2005 and retired in 2014.
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Douglas Biklen has authored and co-authored several books and served on production teams for several documentary films, including 2004's Autism Is a World.
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Douglas Biklen served in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone during the 1960s, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1967 and received a Doctor of Philosophy from Syracuse in 1973 where he researched intellectual disabilities in individuals in state-run mental hospitals and schools.
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At Syracuse, Douglas Biklen founded the Institute on Communication and Inclusion; and was a member of the founding faculty at the Center on Human Policy.
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Douglas Biklen is a proponent of educational inclusion for students with intellectual disabilities.
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Douglas Biklen returned to the United States and introduced the practice to US speech-language pathologists and special educators.
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Douglas Biklen co-produced the 2004 film Autism Is a World, directed by Geraldine Wurzburg.
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Douglas Biklen produced the film My Classic Life as an Artist: A Portrait of Larry Bissonnette at Syracuse University.
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Douglas Biklen was an executive producer of the documentary Regular Lives on PBS and was educational advisor to the HBO documentary Educating Peter and its sequel, Graduating Peter.
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Douglas Biklen is a fine art photographer whose work has been shown throughout Vermont; in the Syracuse, New York area; and in Melbourne, Australia.