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do you guys ever think about how in a better world José Andres could just like. have some restaurants. and instead he’s consistently doing the work we’re supposed to have governments for

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

Yesterday we received word that the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) within Dept of Ed (DoEd) was gutted--right now we believe there is no one or nearly no one left. But what does it mean? 1/11

Wearing Brooks has absolutely made a significantly positive difference in plantar fasciitis symptoms for me. I gave in a year ago, very reluctantly, but it does help. I’m watching sales for my next pair!

This is beautiful.

Wonderful Jon Cleary show at the Overton Park Shell in #Memphis tonight. I love when my favorite New Orleans musicians make it up the river.

Happy International #AAC #augcomm awareness month! Looking for ways to celebrate? Check out our blog post and download free Awareness Cards in English and Spanish talcaac.com/growing-aac-...

I still see people ask why autistic people like me can't admit to the hell that parenting an autistic kid with higher support needs or "profound" autism supposedly is...

For my next #AACAwareness2025 post I want to highlight the great work being done by @communicationfirst.bsky.social & this video on the Diversity of AAC. #AugComm #SLPeeps #ATchat m.youtube.com/watch?v=XO82...

“They were jolly nice legs.”

#RIPJaneGoodall

this is great - we’re not gonna scicomm our way out of this

Thanks! It was a screenshot on my phone in a hurry when I was looking for sale dates last week. I hadn’t realized it was quite so blurry.

A bit too blurry to read. Here's a crisper version.

October is AAC Awareness Month so I’m going to try to post about this at least a few times a week. Starting with the upcoming sales on apps. Lauren Enders Gonzalez always makes a great graphic for this event! #AugComm #SLPeeps #BskySpeechies #AACAwareness2025

🆓🔓 Conlon, C., & Zupan, B. (2025). The training of speech-language pathologists in augmentative and alternative communication: A scoping review. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1–15. doi.org/10.1080/1754... #AugComm

🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

This new column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social makes me think about when I recently had to talk to the police for yet another safety plan, I tried to “lighten” the mood by saying that we all knew this wasn’t my first rodeo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

RADLD's 2025 Dorothy Bishop lecture is tomorrow.

Dr Hannah Hobson from University of York will be presenting on camouflaging/masking in people with DLD.

Tickets via Eventbrite are available or live viewings or recordings.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...

#DevLangDis
#DLDday

I also try to avoid “stupid” & hadn’t found that at all difficult until the last year. I’m getting a lot of use out of “ridiculous” lately.

I meant to volunteer but this fall has been busier than expected so I figure at least I can share about this regularly!

In case you needed a reminder (I did!), early bird registration for this virtual conference ends Sept 30! The schedule of speakers is amazing & I’m looking forward to it. #AugComm #ATchat #SLPeeps #BskySpeechies #AACAwareness2025

This past Fri, the legendary, nearly 80 year-old Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters) played a rare show at Tipitina’s.

An experience like this is why I maintain that New Orleans is the capital of Funk. For us, funk isn’t a moment that happened in the 1970s & then went away. We experience it every day.

There are 2 great books in the daily kindle sales today- Unmasking Autism by Devon Price & the Disability Visibility anthology edited by Alice Wong. $1.99 each! #SLPeeps #ATchat #BskySpeechies

Amid the [gestures at everything], I've been meaning to re-up this piece from April.

“‘Nonspeaking’ does not mean ‘non-listening,’” a formerly nonspeaking woman told me. “I was aware of the terrible things people were saying about me, when they discussed me like I wasn’t even there.”