#what is SLP

[betweenblackberrybranches]

Some Redlight Greenlight au shenenigans set after Y/N and Sun & Moon have been neighbours for a while

Y/N is already way too invested in their new neighbours and coworkers

For the record Y/N panicked a little, rain is not detremental to robots but if it gets into the circuits, which is still unlikely because most of them are waterproof, it could do some major damage

I listened to the new studio killer song on loop while drawing this! give it a listen

[ariellestudies]

𝟎𝟔.𝟎𝟗.𝟐𝟒 - 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟎! 💗

🎧 - pray, tommy heavenly6 📖 - faebound, saara el-arifi (p. 19)

i rested a lot today, which was needed since i feel pretty much back to normal now! my migraine 'hangovers' don't normally last more than a day or two, so i guess this was a particularly nasty one. hard to not feel like this weekend was a 'waste' because of it--i still did things i needed to get done, but the pain in my head and behind my eyes was very...limiting and i don't feel like i made the most of my time. but then again, it's the summer and i only have one class to worry about and also i'm gonna have to hustle next summer so i should really just enjoy this one the best i can so i should let myself take it easy sometimes. well, between naps i did get most of my classwork done, so i'm all good for tomorrow's lab and to do my hw for wednesday. i also started another new book! i'm excited to be whittling down my tbr list finally lol

-a

tomorrow's goals:

finish up physics notes, homework, draft lab report review language development notes review ttmik - lvl1; le3-4

[the-qalankhais-sweetheart]

Behold, the most cursed BSD edit my SLP ass could have ever made.

I'm so, so, SO sorry, y'all.

(based on THIS accursed thing I have to use on a weekly basis)

[suappang]

i feel like a bundle of nerves that’s wound so tight that it’s about to snap

[flamingostalker]

working in special education will have you thinking about the prior written notice at ungodly hours💀

[army-of-bee-assassins]

a person in the slp grad school subreddit made a thread about getting kicked out of their program for testing positive for meth on a drug test, and all the most upvoted comments were basically like "good, someone who does meth shouldn't be in this profession". 🙃 i forgot how needlessly cruel everyday people are about drug use.

[ejzah]

Finally heard from my supervisor, got access to most of my caseload, and I think finalized my schedule (for now), so it’s been a productive day.

[seoulmatez]

class was actually very fun today ! we got to test each other with some of the common tests for articulation and even though we didn’t really get to document any errors it was nice to get an idea of what i’ll really be doing one day :3

[the-qalankhais-sweetheart]

Oh, HELL NO.

This is going to screw HIPAA royal for teletherapy.

Need a better breakdown? Tiktok attached below that explains Zoom's new Terms of Service:

What about folks who have therapy via Zoom? Court hearings? The list goes on. If you've got any Zoom alternatives, or maybe preference for one of the ones we listed with why, reblog please!

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[ID: Screenshot of a tweet by Ted Gioia @/tedgioia from 1 day ago. They write, "Zoom terms of service now require you to allow AI to train on ALL your data--audio, facial recognition, private conversations--unconditionally and irrevocably, with no opt out. Don't try to negotiate with our new overlords." Gioia then has as a screenshot attached highlighting different lines from Zoom's new Terms of Services. The text in the image is small but can be read to say:

10.2 Service Generated Data; Consent to Use. Customer Content does not include any telemetry data, product usage data, diagnostic data, and similar content or data that Zoom collects or generates in connection with your or your End Users’ use of the Services or Software (“Service Generated Data”). As between you and Zoom, all right, title, and interest in and to Service Generated Data, and all Proprietary Rights therein, belong to and are retained solely by Zoom. You agree that Zoom compiles and may compile Service Generated Data based on Customer Content and use of the Services and Software. You consent to Zoom’s access, use, collection, creation, modification, distribution, processing, sharing, maintenance, and storage of Service Generated Data for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable Law, including for the purpose of product and service development, marketing, analytics, quality assurance, machine learning or artificial intelligence (including for the purposes of training and tuning of algorithms and models), training, testing, improvement of the Services, Software, or Zoom’s other products, services, and software, or any combination thereof, and as otherwise provided in this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, if, for any reason, there are any rights in such Service Generated Data which do not accrue to Zoom under this Section 10.2 or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, you hereby unconditionally and irrevocably assign and agree to assign to Zoom on your behalf, and you shall cause your End Users to unconditionally and irrevocably assign and agree to assign to Zoom, all right, title, and interest in and to the Service Generated Data, including all Proprietary Rights relating thereto.

A tweet by John Rogers @/jonrog1 replies, "I ... don't think @/Zoom understands every single TV company and movie studio now has to drop them. Never mind the HIPAA issues. Yikes."

The youth volunteers of Better Future Program @/bfpnola write under these screenshots via Instagram, "We've been talking about this in our Discord server as of last night since we host our meetings in Zoom and we've been researching alternatives, especially ones that are end-to-end encrypted and we know other activists use, like Jitsi, Disroot, Matrix, and ofc Signal. Got any other ones?"

Finally there is an Instagram question sticker asking for Zoom alternatives. /End ID.]

[esperantoauthor]

today in being a school slp

-admin wants us to do things we already did three years ago

-students disappointed group had to end because were having fun together

-whole class confused and getting very hung up on when -ion is a morpheme and when -tion is a morpheme when I literally don’t think it matters please just know that either way the suffix means THIS and syllables aren’t same as morphemes

-student absent but no one told me

-student refuses to come to speech but won’t respond to questions about why so I spend five minutes prying out that she needs five minutes to finish something

[propertyofkylar]

man, as a kid i watched so many weird ass movies no one’s ever heard of. like the 2006 3d animated movie about british pigeons joining ww2 to fight against nazi falcons. or another 3d german movie about worms getting into disco. one i really liked was the movie 9 released on the 9th of september of 2009, that takes place in a post apocalyptic world where humanity has fallen because of the robot uprising and the protagonist is a living doll-thing? shit gets fucking scary as hell, but i was a weird kid and loved watching creepy movies (still do hsdhdh)

-slp

slp…bestie…is the first movie you’re talking about valiant. because when i was little my mom had a minivan with a dvd player in it. and we kept certain movies in the car to watch on our frequent drives (me and my brothers did lots of activities and mom was a stay at home mom, so we always went shopping with her too) and one of those movies we kept in there was valiant. we watched it all the fucking time. all i remember was it was about a pigeon and there was war so im assuming it was the same thing. my mom probably got it from the dollar movie bin at walmart. but no one else ive spoken to has ever heard of it. is this fate?

[corvikari]

Warning: mentions of Sexual Assault, links to professional articles that describe sex scandals, rape, and murder.

It has come to my attention that the online school I attend (you may have heard of it, Liberty University) has been heavily involved in the silencing of Sexual Assault victims, racism, discrimination, and more (Links to various articles as well as the wikipedia page at the bottom of this post).

I am already enrolled in online classes so there is not anything I can do currently (I’m working towards my associates degree), I want everyone to know that I was not aware of this and I am positive that if my parents knew of this they would not want me on Campus (I trust my parents and don’t try to tell me otherwise). Overall this absolutely disgusts me that they have the audacity to call themselves a Christian Institute when all they’re doing is spreading even more hate and disgust towards Christians. I want to reiterate that I am Christian, these people at LU who are allowing this to happen obviously have a twisted mindset of what Christianity is. Even though they may say they believe in God and have accepted Jesus as their savior it does not always show through their actions. I know this won’t fix any pain that LU has caused victims in the past but I would still like to express that I am extremely sorry that you had to go through that, and it is understandable that that may have damaged your faith severely. However, I ask that you understand that not all Christians are like this, there are just those people that make everyone else look horrible and disgusting and perpetuate an awful stereotype. I don’t quite know how to conclude this post other than just to emphasize that I had no prior knowledge of this and I will not be attending in person (I had thoughts but now it just puts a horrible taste in my mouth and it makes me so uncomfortable to think about.)

Links Below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2024-03-05/liberty-university-agrees-to-unprecedented-14-million-fine-for-failing-to-disclose-crime-data

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-10-03/liberty-university-failed-to-disclose-crime-data-and-warn-of-threats-for-years-report-says

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/opinion/liberty-university-scandal-education.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-03-05/liberty-university-fined-record-14-million-under-federal-crime-reporting-law

(P.S: this post may not be as coherent due to the fact that I had just found all of this out today and I am not in a state where I can put it all out on paper just yet, to be honest I could give a whole essay on this and how shocking it is. If this happened in 2014 I would think “Well that’s not okay at all but at least they’re trying to fix things so it won’t happen again” BUT THERE ARE ARTICLES FROM 3 WEEKS AGO ABOUT THIS CRAP! Anyways stay safe, God bless and have a great rest of your day/week 💜)

[theobot]

man as a speech therapist i sure am having trouble making sports decisions and getting my patients players ready for the big game thank god for this email

[seokshinedk]

Today was a bit of a rough day, but the most important part is that it is over & it’s time to move on

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

on tumblr lot more people know about it which great! that improve life of all AAC users. but pretty much with anything disability/developmental disability space on social media (which need certain amount of cognitive/intellectual & language abilities be on even if have support), good majority you see be teen & adult people who already literate learn language via speech n write *first* n then *independently* learn AAC base on it *later*.

especially symbol based AAC, but all AAC, is new system n hard n take long time learn even when you literate & not moderately severely cognitively disabled. but also, “literate teen/adult independent learn AAC” not at all full face of AAC user community.

as in like. experience of theirs. not universal. independently motivated & able to look up different AAC options different AAC apps, compare n contrast. download app n immediately know how to use, or able figure out by self. first time use app n may be clunky n slow, but make sentence on first try. need learn AAC, but most of that learning is for where words are (if button based), how exist as AAC user in public with confidence, etc. those all valid but not true for everyone who need AAC, especially not developmentally disabled children (& some adults) with complex communication needs.

most developmentally disabled children (n some adults) w complex communication needs who need AAC, can’t just hand them tablet with symbol based AAC app or text to speech AAC app n then wait for magic. many of them developmentally delayed in way, not taught in way that fit them (e.g. gestalt language processors), n their language abilities behind peers, so they can’t read, can’t spell, can’t grammar, etc.

some of them need learn where word is not by read word, sometimes not even by understand symbol, instead is by other people press button n hear sound n associate that with meaning n location on AAC n symbol associate with it. in other words, they learning language alongside AAC.

for some their learn process look like, learn how use AAC say one word. n then much later, try make two word message, “want food” “go school.” “two word message” incredibly common goal for many these developmentally disabled children, teens, n even adults, that is something rare n truly extraordinary for that person that need be celebrated.

for others it look like learn by phrase (gestalt), then slowly break it down into smaller phrase n chunks n finally single words.

many of them babble (click random/seemingly random buttons on high tech device, stim with it, etc). but ultimately, won’t be able learn all by self. need be taught, see you accidentally spill water n crying, maybe you “feel” “sad”, n when that happen you “need” “help” from adult. need learn AAC by adults around them constantly model with it, constantly use it in conversation, show them how use. because they learning language along side it.

but also some of them don’t know what this thing in front of them (AAC… device, low tech boards or picture cards, etc) is. don’t know what communication is or you should do that. don’t know people exist who you should communicate to & with. heard many parents n SLP say they try model all time, try all kind of stuff, but child just not seem interested in it, don’t look at it, don’t touch it, don’t use it.

people who use AAC, not all them struggle with only speech. some them struggle with language, with intellectual/cognitive. some of them very developmentally delayed.

n some people, too disabled learn or use AAC. yeah, they exist.

for people who cannot use / cannot only use speech to be understood, AAC can be life changing. but is so much more complex thing. AAC still not as widely used n accepted n properly taught n supported as should, some parents n professionals n schools still many pushback n refuse. but sometimes answer to “have you tried AAC for them” is “yes, but they need long time n lots help to learn n we not very far yet even though spent long time on it” or “yes, but they simply not show interest even after constant model” or “god, wish can, but insurance only cover if show some amount of communication competence n ability use AAC, while only give 1 month trial, which simply not enough time” (wide spread thing that happen) or “yes. many types. it not work.”

for many AAC users & AAC user-to-be, it not as simple as “be handed AAC n check back in while they figure out by self”

[kusanagihaku]

i'm so sorry for bringing this up again but i just hit chapter 18 and jiro ??? requesting for metoclopramide??

if the metoclopramide is for any nausea it implies that the cause is gastroparesis... which tracks with what we know so far with jiro not taking food orally -> muscle atrophy -> weakened LES/stomach muscles, which allows reflux of stomach acid back up into the esophagus... so 1) jiro's pharyngeal and hyolaryngeal function is somehow maintained but he has ?LES atrophy?? which means 2) the pain related to oral feeding might not JUST be a gastro issue but also really bad esophageal dysphagia????

adding on what jiro said about "the issue starts when the food reaches my stomach", i'm more inclined to believe there's also some LES atrophy going on -> achalasia -> esophageal dysphagia... nicolas i am once again asking for an instrumental ax

which also makes me once again interested in finding out:

what rehab exercises yuri is giving jiro to not have pharyngeal dysphagia,,

what jiro's stigma is!!!! because how is it that mc feeding him (and maybe coming into physical contact with him and enhancing his stigma) allows him to circumvent his medical issues!!

if he does have gastroparesis -> reflux, is jiro going around hacking his lungs out because the reflux -> ?gastric aspiration -> lung damage? does the reflux also result in vocal edema, which is why jiro sounds so asthenic all the time?

(yuri also administering glucose i assume was to counter any dizziness from hypoglycemia since jiro doesn't eat / probably missed his iv drip bc he was out from mortkranken?)

. . . . . . .Jiro's inability to consume certain things can be thwarted by the pc hand-feeding him. If he tries to eat or drink anything his stomach rejects it so he gets all of his nutrients via IV. If the PC is holding it(or holding what it's contained in, in the case of the bottle of water they helped him drink from) he can drink it just fine. Jiro said it'd be good for him to eat some things orally so his organs don't deteriorate.

That's cute and also ridiculous lmao apparently Yuri doesn't know why it happens(and apparently Jiro's tried eating assisted before and it failed), but Nicolas said they should help him find more things he may be able to eat since the pc hand feeding him may help. . . .