The Telepathy Tapes — BONUS: Ask Me Anything with Ky Dickens
Podcast: The Telepathy Tapes
Host: Ky Dickens
Episode Date: October 23, 2025
Type: Audience Q&A
Topic: Exploring the potential and support for non-speakers with autism, telepathy, energy work, ethical connections, and educational practice.
Episode Overview
In this special AMA episode, host Ky Dickens addresses listener questions that linger from Season 1 and previews the evolving work as the series moves towards Season 2. The conversation explores the expanded roles non-speakers might play—as spiritual guides and healers—how to ethically interact with them (especially when considering their telepathic sensitivity), therapeutic approaches, and the best ways for listeners and professionals to support and engage with non-speaking individuals. Ky emphasizes the importance of consent, friendship, and relationship-building with non-speakers, offering candid, practical advice while honoring their unique capabilities and boundaries.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. Non-Speakers as Spiritual Guides, Healers, and Mediums
- Community Interest: There's significant interest in non-speakers stepping into public roles as guides or teachers. Many listeners have reached out wanting to fund or create centers led by non-speakers. (02:10)
- Practical Hurdles: Ky shares that the focus is currently on finishing the film and Season 2, but there's a strong intent to support amplification of non-speakers' voices and needs—especially around legislation for accessible spelling communication. (03:30)
- Call for Help: The team is seeking someone with nonprofit experience—especially in hospitality or education—to help build these new initiatives. (04:15)
Notable Quote
“There is a lot of interest in this, and it’s something that we’re trying to support as much as we can.” — Ky Dickens (02:15)
2. Non-Speakers and Public Engagement: Overwhelmed or Empowered?
- Individual Preferences: Some non-speakers feel a deep calling to share their healing gifts, while others are easily overwhelmed by the weight of others’ needs and energy. (05:10)
- Advice for Listeners: The best way to get involved is to volunteer with non-speakers and train as a Spelling to Communicate Partner or Communication Regulation Partner (CRP). Building authentic, mutual friendships is the key to effective engagement. (07:00)
- Impactful Relationships: Those who regularly work with non-speakers consistently find these relationships profoundly meaningful. (07:45)
Notable Quote
“Every person who I know who started working with a non-speaker regularly has found it to be one of the most meaningful relationships that they’ve developed.”
— Ky Dickens (07:48)
3. Telepathy, Healing, and Ethical Engagement
- Telepathic Outreach: Listeners ask if it’s possible or ethical to connect telepathically with non-speakers they’ve never met. Ky advises that consent and boundaries are paramount; even well-intentioned energy can be intrusive. (09:30)
- Consent: Approach telepathic or energetic connections as you would any relationship—with humility, respect, and explicit or intuitive consent. (10:50)
- Best Practice: Focus on developing your own self-awareness and send love quietly, without expectation or pressure.
- Core Need: The most important things for non-speakers and their families are love, support, and friendship. (12:20)
Notable Quote
“It’s vital to approach telepathy the same way we would approach any other form of relationship, with consent and humility and respect for boundaries.”
— Ky Dickens (11:09)
4. Getting Involved, Supporting, and Training
- Practitioner Engagement: Many therapists, healers, and educators seek ways to help. Ky recommends training as a CRP via organizations like Communication for All or the RPM method, noting that some new methodologies will explicitly address telepathy and spiritual gifts. (14:45)
- International Participation: The new website, thetelepathytapes.com, includes a robust resources page to guide interested listeners toward training opportunities and organizations that welcome discussions around spiritual gifts. (16:00)
Notable Quote
“There’s some businesses that have just popped up that are gonna embrace not just teaching coaches how to spell, but also embrace telepathy and the spiritual gifts. And those are gonna be the ones we point you to.”
— Ky Dickens (16:30)
5. Therapeutic Approaches: What Helps and What Harms?
- ABA Therapy Cautions: While ABA can be helpful for some, it’s often traumatizing for non-speakers with apraxia, who cannot control their bodies despite a fully aware mind. (18:30)
- Innovative Practices: Ky suggests integrative, calming methods (music, colors, crystals, nature) and spotlights Flowering Future, a progressive spelling school in Connecticut.
- Nature’s Power: Access to natural environments is uniquely calming for non-speakers experiencing dysregulation. (21:00)
- Telepathic Preference: Nearly all non-speakers Ky has asked prefer telepathic communication over verbal—it's easier for them to absorb and process.
- Classroom Application: Teachers are encouraged to practice mind-to-mind communication, and to let students’ interests drive age-appropriate, challenging academic content. (22:45)
Notable Stories
- Ketchup Story (24:15): A non-speaker in England communicates with his mother in dreams, clarifying his true wants around food despite behavioral cues.
- Dora the Explorer Story (25:10): A non-speaker in Connecticut reveals her stimming was misunderstood as a preference for a TV show, prompting her family to remove screens.
- On Addressing the Body (26:40): “Lily in Atlanta has said, when you’re talking to me, please address my body differently than me.”
Notable Quote
“Every single one has said they prefer telepathic. It’s easier for them. It’s much easier to understand and absorb.”
— Ky Dickens (22:20)
6. The Future of The Telepathy Tapes and Continued Engagement
- The show is expanding its impact in Season 2, keeping non-speakers central.
- To access ongoing AMA content, listeners can subscribe to the Backstage Pass via the new website. (End — approx. 29:10)
Memorable Moments & Quotes
On Building Together:
“If someone out there has run nonprofits, especially in the hospitality or educational space, we would love you to connect with us.” — Ky Dickens (04:25)
On Consent:
“Ask permission, even silently, and pay attention to what you feel in return.”
— Ky Dickens (11:33)
On Misunderstood Behavior:
“My body likes [ketchup], my body loves it, but it’s actually really not good for me. It’s making me feel sick... I just thought you loved ketchup.”
— Story shared by Ky Dickens (24:28)
Important Timestamps
- 02:10 — Community interest in non-speakers as spiritual guides
- 07:00 — Advice on becoming a spelling/communication partner
- 09:30 — Ethics of telepathic connection
- 14:45 — Practitioner support, training organizations
- 18:30 — ABA therapy and trauma for non-speakers with apraxia
- 22:20 — Preference for telepathic communication
- 24:15 — Ketchup and dreams story
- 25:10 — Dora the Explorer and stimming story
- 26:40 — Addressing the body, not the person
Key Takeaways
- Non-speakers’ gifts are real, diverse, and should be met with respect, not expectation.
- Consent and humility are essential—telepathic or energetic outreach should be approached as a relationship, never a one-sided act.
- Therapy and education must be individualized, sensitive to apraxia, and led by the non-speaker’s abilities and preferences.
- Nature, telepathic communication, and authentic friendship are more effective than conventional, behavioral approaches for many non-speakers.
- Listeners are encouraged to get involved via training, collaboration, and ongoing learning, with new resources available at the podcast’s website.
For more resources, the newly launched website thetelepathytapes.com has a dedicated resources page for listeners and practitioners eager to respectfully support or learn from non-speakers.
This summary provides a comprehensive look at the key topics and heartfelt exchanges in the AMA episode, serving both newcomers and regular listeners of The Telepathy Tapes.