Upward Bound

Upward Bound is a 2026 novel allegedly written by Woody Brown, a profoundly autistic minimally speaking American. It was published by Hogarth, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It is a fictional novel centered on an adult daycare center for disabled people in Southern California and portions of it are based on Brown's life as a non-speaking autistic person. Upward Bound was written with Brown's mother, Mary Brown, using the rapid prompting method, a variant of facilitated communication (FC) which has been scientifically discredited since 1993. The novel's publication re-ignited the decades old debate about FC. Many observers have questioned whether Woody Brown could be considered its author.

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