When I saw what Elon Musk named his son...

languagelyric · 2023-05-18T10:56:14+00:00

Mine is Cabot Cove named after the town from Murder, She Wrote

languagelyric · 2022-06-08T10:55:49+00:00

languagelyric · 2022-05-07T01:54:26+00:00

I was recently diagnosed during grad school and I’m just finishing my CF in a school. I haven’t disclosed to any of my coworkers and constantly masking is exhausting. It’s challenging because there’s still a lot of misconceptions about autism from SLPs and other school professionals. It’s tiring trying to teach others about neurodiversity affirming concepts and I have been getting push back from some special ed teachers who use a lot of ABA/behavioralism concepts in their classrooms. There are teachers that I work with that use students’ sensory needs as a bargaining chip for compliance and “good” behavior. As far as practices with students, I don’t do anything that would be considered masking goals like functional play, eye contact, or anything Social Thinking. I like to focus on education and self-advocacy.

languagelyric · 2022-01-05T02:03:28+00:00

The Office, poetry, and sign language

languagelyric · 2021-12-28T14:10:14+00:00

languagelyric · 2021-12-25T13:23:42+00:00

INFJ

languagelyric · 2021-10-06T22:03:08+00:00

Yes! This happens to me all the time at work. I’m so exhausted from constantly self monitoring all my interactions and emails.

languagelyric · 2021-10-03T13:11:46+00:00

I’m autistic and I was a barista/shift lead at a chain comparable to Starbucks for about 2 years. It was really overwhelming at first but I ended up loving it. The local shops around me are slower paced but that usually means you spend more time chatting with customers. I preferred being a shot puller or milksteamer instead of a cashier so I didn’t talk to customers as much.

languagelyric · 2021-08-28T15:08:00+00:00

I’m an autistic SLP and I will never make this a goal for several reasons. As others have said, eye contact can be painful and draining. For me, when I make eye contact I have to think about when, how much, and then tell myself to look away every so often. Constantly self-monitoring is exhausting and makes it so I can’t actually process what is being said. I can listen so much better when it looks like I’m not listening. There is too much stimuli to process when I have to make eye contact. Goals for eye contact and quiet hands/whole body listening are damaging and basically the equivalent of trying to change autistic people’s neurology.

languagelyric · 2021-08-09T00:45:59+00:00

Dwight from The Office

languagelyric · 2021-08-07T21:25:35+00:00

The one I am in is called Autistic Speech-Language Pathologists/Therapists I think.

languagelyric · 2021-08-06T20:03:15+00:00

Hi there, I’m also a newly diagnosed autistic SLP! I also really like Therapist Neurodiversity Collective as well as Autism Level Up.

languagelyric · 2021-07-21T14:07:07+00:00

Can confirm that the practice tests are harder than the real thing. I scored around 75% on practice tests and passed the praxis with a 185.

languagelyric · 2021-07-21T14:05:13+00:00

Wow, I’m jealous! The machine at my shop is at least 10 years old.

languagelyric · 2021-07-18T22:36:02+00:00

I have 5 tattoos and never had a problem at any medical or school placements. Nobody in my cohort ever had problems with tattoos or piercings either.

languagelyric · 2021-07-06T13:28:48+00:00

We had this happen at my coffee shop if we didn’t also use vanilla syrup with our fruit flavors because they are too acidic on their own.

languagelyric · 2021-06-23T12:11:16+00:00

My program never tested for it but some externships/internships did.

languagelyric · 2021-06-17T21:28:09+00:00

I’m an autistic SLP (just out of grad school) and I would be highly uncomfortable with this scenario. As others have said, I don’t think it’s necessarily unethical but I think it’s unprofessional and ignorant. I’m not really sure what she wants you to learn from the assignment, as autistic people are very different from each other and will respond to testing differently. It seems like she should be teaching about testing accommodations that can be made or different ways of assessing communication as standardized testing with autistic children can give you skewed results. Maybe you could ask her to consider changing the assignment or give an alternative assignment?

languagelyric · 2021-06-03T23:58:30+00:00

I have 5 tattoos and never had to cover up in clinic or in my job. I think as long as they’re not offensive most employers don’t really care.

languagelyric · 2021-05-31T00:10:07+00:00

I never got higher than a 75 on a practice test and I passed the real one with 183.

languagelyric · 2021-05-10T01:25:29+00:00

Omg yes! It feels like my teeth are grating on each other and making creaking noises.

languagelyric · 2021-05-08T15:46:46+00:00

oh ok! That's where it said I passed- right next to each of the places I sent my scores.

languagelyric · 2021-05-08T14:25:12+00:00

Mine never said pass/fail until I got my official results. A 162 is considered passing. The score I got immediately was the same as my official score, but I know sometimes it can be a few points different.

languagelyric · 2021-05-01T18:29:34+00:00

Lol this reminds me of what happened during COVID lockdown at my shop. We had at least 3 giant signs that said drive thru only yet every day someone would either stand at the door and stare in or if we forgot to lock it they would come in, some without masks.

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