#SLP

[augustspisspoorblog]

shes finished 🩷

[iamlevil]

slay the princess fanart i made a while ago :D

[magnificentmicrowave]

driptober day 14: SLP

[puttain]

Saint Laurent Paris by Hedi Slimane Diamonds Collection of fine jewellery launched in 2013.

[tranquilstudy]

december 11 /24

I feel like I say this every month, but where did november go?

I’m currently working through my personal statements for graduate school. Most of my stuff is already done, but I still have to edit my personal statement for Western and UofA, and write out my personal statement for Dalhousie and McGill. Luckily, I’m going to use my strongest personal statement from last year as a guide, and just edit it based on the school’s preferences. How does that sound?

If there’s anyone that would be interested in looking them over, I’d actually really appreciate it. It’s for SLP, and deadlines are coming up. Fingers crossed they go well 🤞 but I do actually feel much more confident going in this time around. My personal statements will be stronger, my experiences are stronger, and my LORs will all be stronger as well. I’m hoping that’s enough. It *will* be enough.

🎧 after hours — the weeknd

📖 Les Misérables — Victor Hugo

🎮 ace attorney: trials and tribulations

❓do you believe in true love?

[rainagainstthewindowatnight]

oscar recognized films

silver linings playbook ( 2012 ) dir. david o’russell

[unpickled-olive]

Spending a very healthy 160 hours straight researching how badly fucked my students and my career are if Trump and the Heritage Foundation do what that want with public education

(spoiler: it's not great)

[crimsonglow-art]

Doing a few sketches of the Long quiet, I wanna get a feel for what this character would feel like in this setting. I want to think that as she changes he changes in smaller ways. Slay the princess has a lot of interesting design elements.

[nt160294]

Este desfile estuvo muy grande

[somnuscomics]

Ambyr and Andi, in balletcore inspired aesthetics. How the ballet aspect plays in to the comic will be revealed much, much later. It has a personal dimension for Ambyr, while Andi does it for more practical, fitness related reasons.

Ambyr sporting the Dior Deville duffle bag (2006-07) and the Prada studded handbag (2017 I think?) Andi with the YSL leather quilted travel bag, and the YSL baby handbag. Plus the striped Saint Laurent long scarf from fall 2013.

If you like my stuff, please check me out elsewhere!

[vivianseda]

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”

[certified-silly-guy]

She slay on my the til I princess

[juliatuttle]

"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'.

[uploadsuploads]

Phix Clothing's Black Diamante Pin Stripe Denim Flare Jeans ($310)

[the-qalankhais-sweetheart]

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.

[tranquilstudy]

november 30 /24

I haven’t had a ton of time to work on graduate school stuff, but I have made some progress. I dug up my old personal statement for UofA and have been editing it to include my new professional experiences. I just… find it so hard to write. I don’t know, I think it’s hard for me to advertise myself like that, in such a blunt and concise way. But, I don’t want to put it off either. What do you find motivated you when you’re faced with a mentally impossible task that you have to complete? I’m chipping away at it when I can, making outlines, and hopefully I can get people to look it over soon. Any tips for personal statements, anyone?

🎧: O_well. — ahwlee

📖: Les Misérables — Victor Hugo (page count: 327)

❓: what is something you’ve always dreamed of doing but haven’t done yet?

🎮: ace attorney (trials and tribulations)