Neurotwist: A Speech Pathologist's Journey Through Neurodiversity Emily Starling

On today's episode, Erin A, the parent behind the Instagram account @spinsandstomps joins to discuss all of the ways her parenting has changed as a result of discovering her child's neurodivergent identity. She shares about how she incorporates lower demands into her home routines, Gestalt processing, and how AAC has benefitted her family. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

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On today's episode, I am joined by Daj Mitchell, an SLP with a background in ABA who has embraced the value of collaboration in across therapy fields. After briefly exploring an additional BCBA certification, she dove into neurodiversity-affirming practices, but discusses the importance of keeping the door open with this influential service in the autism space. This wide-ranging conversation aims to explore the nuances of ABA and its positioning in relation to the neurodiversity movement. I hope that you enjoy it!

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On today's episode, BCBA Jenny Sun Lai joins the podcast to talk about the professional journey she has taken as an ABA provider implementing neuro-affirming practices. She takes us through the history of ABA and how herself and other providers have evolved their practices, specificaly highlighting Dr Ross Green's Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model. I hope you enjoy this conversation!

Jenny would like to highlight these Instagram accounts of BIPOC autistic creators:

@autie.analyst

@kaishawna_music

@fidgets.and.fries

@colorofautism

@nigh.functioning.autism

@angry_autist

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Private practice SLP Kaitlin Mulcahey joins this episode to talk about how her neurodivergent mind impacts her clinical perspectives and how she approaches potentially complex conversations with her families. We cover a range of topics including how to help families embrace neurodiversity, discussing AAC and implementation, and continuously advocating for the needs of our clients.

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On today's episode, I am joined by Dyan Robson who runs the website and Instagram page "And Next Comes L", where she has made it her mission to spread to word about hyperlexia. In our conversation we go over the basics of what hyperlexia is, talk about her family's experience with embracing and supporting hyperlexia, and some ideas for how to support hyperlexic learners in your life. We also talk briefly about whether I may be hyperlexic myself!

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Dyan's free Hyperlexia Handbook: https://www.andnextcomesl.com/p/hyperlexia-handbook.html

Website: https://www.andnextcomesL.com

Blog post on hyperlexia in adults: https://www.andnextcomesl.com/2024/01/hyperlexia-in-adults.html

Book: Drawing a Blank: Improving Comprehension for Readers on the Autism Spectrum by Emily Iland

What is Hyperlexia? PDF: http://judyanddavid.com/cha/whatishyperlexia.pdf

Hyperlexia: Therapy that Works Manual: https://chatwithus.org/conditions/hyperlexia/

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On today's episode, I am joined by the wonderful Maria De Leon, M.S., CCC-SLP to talk about all things cultural sensitivity and AAC. Maria shares tips for what we should consider when creating and editing systems for multilingual families, how our own culture can impact us as clinicians, and what monolingual, white SLPs can do to make sure AAC implementation is meeting the needs of every family we serve.

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