Speech and language therapist 👋 Learning about & improving neuro-affirming practice 🌈 Final year autism masters student @ Sheffield Hallam 🙇♀️
UK
Joined February 2013
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Seeking participants for a research study on the experiences and perspectives of autistic SLTs on neuro-affirming practice
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ALT Participants wanted Are you an autistic SLT in the UK? (including self-identified autistic) Do you want to help improve neuro-affirming practice for autistic people accessing speech and language therapy (SLT)? Are you able to share your experiences and insights to increase SLTs’ understanding of neuro-affirming practice? Interviews via Zoom in January/ February 2024
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Changing our language when talking about neurodivergent clients is so important.
Here’s just a few ways we can reframe thinking around neurodivergent differences 🌈🧠
#NeuroAffirming #NeurodiversityAffirming #AutismAcceptance #CelebrateNeurodiversity #SLP #SLT
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#DontJumpIn People who stammer should be given space to talk, whether they are ordering a coffee, booking a GP appointment... or returning a coffin. Launching our new ad, developed with the fantastic folks at @VMLYR.
Watch, share... and Don't Jump In!
Jessica Lofthouse (she/her) retweeted
I am fed up with the implication that autistic people have communication difficulties. Communication goes two ways. From my point of view non autistic people have communication difficulties in that they don't seem able to say what they mean.
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This is the video I really want to see on #DLDday @RADLDcam next year. Raising awareness, yes. But crucially, building in acceptance. Advocating for an inclusive society, moving away from neurotypical norms in therapy. Let's think beyond spoken language to support #DLD @RCSLT
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I just came across the term "justice sensitivity," meaning sensitivity to injustice, and I feel like this term needs to start making its rounds in neurodivergent spaces like rejection sensitive dysphoria (or rejection sensitivity) has...
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"To buy a ticket doesn't mean you get a seat" - unbelievably (bad) customer service from #lufthansa after losing seat on an overbooked flight.
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"In children as young as 6 there's already the perception that girls aren't as a good at science. We need to tackle those early beliefs."
Scientist and diplomat @BryonyMathew on the UK's efforts to promote science to Cambodian girls #WomeninScience #WomeninSTEM
