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In this episode of Talking Lab Live I’m sharing the incredible story of Jean Domonique Bauby, a
fashion magazine editor who suffered a devastating stroke at the age of 43 in December 1995 which
resulted in locked-in syndrome, a state of total paralysis in every part of his body except his eyes.
Jean-Do as he was known to his friends had to learn a new way of communicating with the support
of his talented and dedicated speech and language therapist who introduced a letter based system
allowing Jean Do to spell out words using just his left eye. It’s an inspirational story of persevering
through the most extreme circumstances to be able to communicate and it’s a story that’s always
stayed with me through first hearing about it as a little girl.
In our communication check-in we’re reflecting on our experience at the conference in London
hosted by the Association of Speech and Language therapists in Independent Practice. Sophie
confesses to not knowing her fiance’s year of birth, and I’m reminiscing on my amazing time as a
bridesmaid this weekend.
This week at Talking Lab we are Loving Chat GPT and Sophie shares her story of how she was first
introduced to the technology and how she uses it to carry out tasks in all areas of her personal and
professional life, including writing and illustrating a story about a goat who goes to war. That’s all coming up right now on this episode of Talking Lab Live!

Link to the book: The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly https://amzn.eu/d/39MnqER

Watch the film on Sky: https://www.skystore.com/product/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/dd3876c8-548d-4cc0-8b49-c488577fcc24

Join the Chat GPT revolution: https://chat.openai.com/

Have you ever wondered what happens in a speech and language therapy assessment? We're giving you all the inside information of the process of a speech and language therapy assessment with Talking Lab - from the initial contact right through to being given strategies and a clear plan for support. Step into our clinic and join us for a journey through a speech and language therapy assessment!
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The You Choose book series: https://www.amazon.co.uk/You-Choose-Pippa-Goodhart/dp/0552547085

In the first ever episode of Talking Lab Live we're talking about Helen Keller, a deafblind historical figure, and her tutor Anne Sullivan who taught Helen to communicate by using American Sign Language (ASL). Helen went on to learn how to read, write and even speak using the Tadoma method. More information about Helen Keller can be found in the film The Miracle Worker https://g.co/kgs/CBDXXeM

If you're interested in starting a signing journey with your under-2s, check out Little Bear Baby Signing https://www.littlebearbabysigning.com/

Our rockstar supervisor Emily Price: https://www.autisticslt.com/

And us! We are Talking Lab speech and language therapists, talk to us about any of your communication concerns: https://www.talking-lab.com/