Organizations to Support in 2022 There are so many organizations and causes to support. I will outline a few of a variety of causes that truly support the people and issues they represent. Autism Action Center | Autistic Self Advocacy Network (autisticadvocacy.org): The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability …
Advocacy Goal Setting When you’re an activist, one of the biggest barriers of advocacy is deciding what to do. Who do I support? How do I do that? When do I start? This post will answer all those questions. Advocacy: The Who I’m not talking about the band, but WHO you want to support. Ask …
Transgender Mental Health Resources Today I have transgender mental health resources. If you read my recent post, Transgender Education for Healthcare Professionals, you know there are many reasons that transgender mental health is greatly affected by systemic inequities, lack of healthcare coverage, and discrimination. Here are resources you can share with your transgender patients, or …
Transgender Education for Healthcare Professionals Here are places where you can gain transgender education. Learn about the experience of transgender folks and much of the discrimination and inequities they face in the healthcare field. There is no one experience or transition that all transgender individuals face. However, it’s our duty as healthcare professionals to learn …
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Social Justice Wins in 2021 I started this blog to connect my involvement between social justice and speech-language pathology. It’s good to reflect on what were the social justice wins this year when it feels like we’ve had a lot of losses. Cheers to 2022! Derek Chauvin- Guilty on all counts A jury found Chauvin …
I Stand With Ianessa Humbert The following quotes and images come from Jordyn R. Carroll, M.S. CCC-SLP. She shared on her Instagram @jrc_theslp, that Dr. Ianessa Humbert, “a prominent black SLP, is under investigation for doing nothing that white SLPs aren’t doing”. The attention to this issue through support and contacting of ASHA by …
Languages around the world have different constructions for gender and gender pronouns. In English, the male form of a word, like “mankind”, describes the whole group of people. Some vocabulary has evolved to be gender neutral, like mailperson, pilot and waiter. I wanted to dive deeper and see how the construct of gender across different …
One way we can increase our culturally sensitivity as SLPs is through consuming or conducting culturally diverse research. Today, we can start with consuming research. Here are 5 places you can find and read culturally diverse research! If you have conducted research related to this topic, share the link in the comments below! McKinsey and …
For day 17 of BHSM, I am talking about views of disability across cultures. Different cultures view disability in different wants in terms of what they call people with disabilities, whether it is accepted or not. and how they go about aiding a person with a disability. These are all more general views and do …
For day 16 of Better Speech and Hearing Month, I am discussing what culturally sensitive SLP curriculum can look like. Part of being culturally sensitive SLPs come from our educational foundations. Today, I am going to share SLP courses that can contribute to culturally sensitive SLPs. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity University of Arizona Hearing, Health …
