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elysiumwaters · 5 months
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Slay the princess spoilers below
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magnificentmicrowave · 6 months
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driptober day 14: SLP
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annarexcouture · 2 months
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vivianseda · 7 months
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Thank you Em from NeuroWild
“I talk a lot about fluctuating capacity in neurodivergent people.
It leads to conversations about expectations, and whether it’s ok to push our kids to do hard things.
We don’t want to push our kids when they’re close to the edge. That just pushes them off.
When they’re emotional, dysregulated, unwell, exhausted, overwhelmed- this is not a time to push them. This is a time to reduce expectations and add support.
When our kids are well-regulated, emotionally ok, not mentally exhausted, in a good frame of mind- that is the time to provide opportunities for them to exceed expectations and ‘push’ themselves.
Yes?
Em 🌈🌻✌️
AuDHD SLP”
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juliatuttle · 1 year
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"you can talk. you don't need AAC. you're fine."
"you can talk. you don't need AAC. you're fine.", said a friend's SLP.
I can talk too. so why do I use AAC?
sometimes I'm hyperverbal and oral speech is overwhelming to me, so I use AAC.
sometimes I'm already overwhelmed and oral speech makes it even worse, so I use AAC.
sometimes I need to conserve energy and oral speech is draining, so I use AAC.
sometimes I need to set a boundary and oral speech is unreliable, so I use AAC.
sometimes I need to explain scary medical symptoms and oral speech is unreliable, so I use AAC.
sometimes I'm wearing a mask and oral speech is muffled, so I use AAC.
sometimes it's more peaceful than oral speech, so I use AAC.
sometimes it helps me unmask my autism, so I use AAC.
sometimes it feels right, so I use AAC.
sometimes I need to practice it before I need it, so I use AAC.
sometimes I'm anxious and oral speech is not working at all, so I use AAC.
sometimes my mouth is full of food, so I use AAC.
sometimes I'm in the middle of using my inhaler, so I use AAC.
sometimes oral speech is my best option, so I don't use AAC, and that's okay too.
AAC isn't a last resort or an all-or-nothing choice. use it if and when it helps you, even if you 'can talk'.
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To all my fellow AuDHD, ADHD, and Autistic mutuals and anyone out there.
If anyone tells you "you can't have sensory accommodations in the real world, you gotta suck it up buttercup," tell them that an AuDHD SLP-Intern you know was allowed to borrow the kids' sensory wiggle cushion to sit on in order to correct understimulation and be able to freaking focus enough to make progress on an assessment report. And you know what?
It worked.
The OT I work with suggested it, and I couldn't believe I never thought to ask...but it's because even I, a very out-and-proud ND who often openly stims, still has protective masking mechanisms and a tendency to self-gaslight that "I don't really need that".
Therefore, you tell them that an SLP-Intern, one of the people that is supposed to help treat communication disorders and help their fellow autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD people develop stronger communication skills and method that work for them needs sensory breaks, sensory accommodations, and written and visual directions to function.
And she may not be perfect, or the Best SLP Ever™, but no one is.
And she's highly valued by her employer.
You tell them it's doable. There's a reason for the phrase "reasonable accommodations", because plenty of them ARE. Sure, your employer may not be able to give you an extra month to turn in a report (though depending on your field and the procedures involved, perhaps they CAN - this is very field specific, of course) but they sure as shit can let you turn down lights, sit on sensory cushions and use sound filtering earplugs to do what you need to do. It's not obtrusive.
If my company can do it, other companies have no excuse.
Don't let anyone tell you common sense accommodations are a hassle, needless, or "distracting".
Your needs matter, they are valid, and they are NOT a hindrance to your employer.
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fragilityoflove · 2 years
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My desk in the middle of the workday
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studiohromi · 4 months
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Some recent medical illustration work for Honeycomb Speech Therapy, highlighting various anatomical components involved in speech.
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occatorcreator · 5 months
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Have a question for STP fans, would you like to see a tournament bracket
My idea is to have all the voices (plus narrator to round it out), put them on a 3 round-question bracket to see which voice is the champion. I think I'll keep each match as a day poll.
What do you think? Should I host it?
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uf3y33 · 2 months
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unpickled-olive · 3 months
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brain is healing
I've always been depressed, but before grad school, I had interests. I was teaching myself woodworking, building things, drawing plans, and restoring rusty hand planes. I had bought my first ever digital microphone and was recording (bad) music. I was practicing the violin on a semi-regular basis.
I also had hyperfixations. I always loved the experience of being obsessed with something for a few weeks at a time, even if I felt empty when the feeling passed. Spending three weeks learning about homesteading, or being a travel therapist, or rollerskating, or learning Arabic.
Grad school wasn't a decision I made out of passion but out of necessity. After getting my Bachelor's in Linguistics (not a hireable degree but an extremely interesting one), I went as far I could with entry-level jobs before going broke and having a mental breakdown. So I decided that if I couldn't find a job I was passionate about, I would get one that where I could 1. decently support myself, 2. do something meaningful for others, and 3. have the freedom to pursue passions outside of work. My dream job became one where I worked 3.5 days a week.
The conclusion was to build upon my background in linguistics and go into healthcare via speech-language pathology.
But when grad school started, I noticed how quickly all of my passion evaporated. Over night, there was suddenly no more planning, drawing, violin-making.
From week 2 to week 100 of school, I didn't have any thoughts about it. I was emotionally drained and too busy to think about enjoying life. I felt like I'd sold my soul for a stable job and when summer and, winter breaks didn't allow me to do anything but sleep, I figured I would be like that forever.
The one creative thing I did that entire time was write a short little sci-fi story. While trying to read a research paper in the student lounge, I suddenly had an idea and deleted the notes I was taking. For three hours, I did nothing but sit there and type. But due to how inundated in academia I was, it was both super morbid (a story about how Earth is the only planet where life degrades and dies due to ageing) and super academic (it took the form of a research paper written by horrified alien observers). I was so in that world that the only thing I could write had an abstract, an intro, a methodology, a results section, and a discussion.
I'm currently 4 months free of grad school (I say like I'm in recovery), and I've noticed that passion and interest are slowly dripping back into my life. I've spent the last few days reading about Proto-Indo-Europeans, just for fun. I read a BOOK. I'm contemplating building an English joiner's bench. I'm even motivated enough to post something personal on a blog no one will ever read.
These days, learning feels like it takes more effort than it did before. I have this feeling that there isn't room in my brain for any more things, so I shouldn't get too excited. It feels like that, and like the inertia of not having exercised in so long. But I notice this feeling lessening with each month.
This is all to say: grad school couldn't kill my soul forever—it could only kill it for two and a half years.
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clark-reeve · 1 year
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Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2005 Untitled
this collection always gave me the vibes of being sleaze drunk at an airport in the early 2000s
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daisybslt · 8 months
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Speech & Language Pathology Stroke Terms
Disorganised list of terms used in slt for stroke- for study/quick reference.
AAC- Alternative augmentative communication.
ABI- Acquired brain injury (anytime after birth).
Agnosia- Inability to process sensory information (in Greek gnosis- "not knowing").
Aphasia- Impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write, depending on the affected area of the brain. (Greek a/without + phásis/speech").
Apraxia- Inability to execute purposeful, previously learned motor tasks, despite physical ability and willingness. (Greek a/without + praxis/action).
Aspiration- Food or fluid accidentally enters the lungs through the windpipe, often as a result of dysphagia.
Bilateral- Involving or affecting both sides, usually referencing both sides of the body.
Capacity- Ability to reason, make decisions and consider choices, express views and receive and understand information (AWI= Adult With Incapacity).
Cerebro-Vascular Accident (CVA)- Stroke.
Cognitive function- Anything involving thinking.
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)- Blood clot forms in a deep vein.
Deglutition- The act of swallowing.
Dementia- Decline of function in the brain causes cognitive problems such as difficulty with memory, understanding and mood.
Dysfluency- Any type of speech which is marked with repetitions, prolongations and hesitations; an interruption in the flow of speech sounds. Commonly known as stuttering or stammering.
Dysarthria- Collection of motor speech disorders.
Dysphagia- Swallowing difficulties.
Embolism- Blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot or piece of fatty material or other debris in the blood stream. An embolism is a type of stroke.
Enteral feeding- Feeding through a tube connected to the person's stomach.
FAST test- 'Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech problems, Time to call 999'
Fluency- Smoothness with which sounds, syllables, words and phrases are joined together during oral language.
Hemorrhagic stroke-  Caused when a blood vessel in the brain bleeds into the brain tissues or the space around the brain.
Hemianopia-  Loss of one half of your visual field. 
Hemiparesis- Weakness on one side of the body.
Hemiplegia- Complete paralysis on one side of the body.
Hypotonia- Abnormal decrease of muscle tone.
Ischemic stroke/ Infarct- Damage to the brain caused by lack of blood flow, usually from a clot. An area of tissue that is dead because of a loss of blood supply. This is the most common type of stroke.
Infarction- A sudden loss of a tissue’s blood supply causing the tissue to die.
Ischemia- Blood flow (and thus oxygen) is restricted or reduced in a part of the body. 
Ischemic penumbra- Areas of damaged but still living brain cells arranged in a patchwork pattern around areas of dead brain cells.
Lacunar stroke/infarct- When a small artery deep in the brain becomes blocked, causing a small area of damaged brain tissue.
Left hemisphere- Controls speech, comprehension, arithmetic, and writing.
Muscle tone- The degree of natural tension in a person's muscles. Abnormally high muscle tone can lead to muscle tightness and stiffness (spasticity). Very low muscle tone can cause floppiness (hypotonia).
Muscle tension- When muscles of the body remain semi-contracted for a period of time in the resting state.
Naso-gastric (NG) tube-  Medical catheter that's inserted through your nose into your stomach.  Used both to deliver substances to your stomach and to draw substances out.
Neglect- Not being aware of one side of the body and/or environment.
Neuron- Nerve cell.
Neuroplasticity- The ability of undamaged parts of the brain to take over the jobs of damaged areas.
Nystagmus- Continuous uncontrolled movement of the eyes.
Paralysis- Partly or entirely unable to move the affected parts of the body.
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)- Feeding tube placed through the abdominal wall and into the stomach.
Right hemisphere- Controls creativity, spatial ability, artistic, and musical skills
Stroke- Occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
Spasticity- Abnormal increase in muscle tone or stiffness of muscle
Thrombolysis- An early treatment for some types of strokes caused by a blood clot.
Thrombosis- A blood clot that forms in an artery.
Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)-  sometimes called a “mini-stroke”. Blood flow to the brain is blocked for a short time, usually no more than 5 minutes.
Vertebral artery dissection (VAD)- A tear in the walls of an artery at the back of the neck, blood can then get between the layers of artery walls and can lead to a clot forming, causing a blockage (a stroke).
Visual field loss- The loss of sight in a particular area of visual field.
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annarexcouture · 2 months
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vivianseda · 6 months
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Thank you @ The Autistic Teacher
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epicslaymoment · 11 months
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I am getting absolutely ROASTED learning about autism and hypotonia lol
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