Charlotte Louise

ND Paediatric Complex Needs & Community SLT 🗣 Interested in neurodivergent affirming practices, biscuit chat & staffies All views expressed are my own

[Next Steps SLT @NextSlt]

To the SLTs implying that a non-speaking child has to use a core board before robust, high-tech AAC can be considered please STOP! You’re possibly ending an AAC journey before it’s even begun.
Here’s what to do instead…

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

@social_parasite @SvladCjelli42 Don’t stress over marks, just pass! Easier said than done and I should take my own advice but it will never be important what modules you excelled in and what ones you scraped by it’s just a piece of paper by the end.

[Autistic Girls Network @AutisticGirls_]

On the very first day of #AutismAcceptanceWeek we didn’t expect to need to make a statement about developments which show a profound lack of acceptance and understanding of neurodivergent people. But here we are.

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

Imagine the response if we started advising parents of children with a lisp to withhold a drink until they made a target “s” or a child with a stammer until they spoke fluently. Neurodivergent children and people are not viewed as human.

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

Means, reasons and opportunities is so powerful it’s such a shame these horrible examples have been used!!! We need to start calling basic human rights, like food and drink, being used in this way what it actually is… abusive. #allcommunicationisequal

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

@GemmaEliza There’s registers here for GLP: https://t.co/cTK6oDKpgm & https://t.co/noSQOrBTWr

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

@GemmaEliza It’s such a lottery finding a ND affirming therapist within the NHS. Very unfair. I’m sorry your local trust let you and your son down! There are a small few of us fighting. I hope you find someone to flourish with

[Elaine Mcgreevy @ElaineMcgreevy]

Ableism in #SLT.
Just some of the ableist beliefs and strategies I was trained in and which still seem quite prevalent:

[Ashley Marvell @slt_ashley]

They have created a survey which they would love for any speech and language therapists to fill out so this is a big ask if you have 5 minutes to fill this survey out – it doesn’t take long!!

https://t.co/6PPV90ufX3

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

@KateSLT Yes I am- I’ve been too nervous to put it on there to lots of people (rejection sensitive dysphoria 🤣) but I think I’m going to do it! Thank you for the supportive push!!

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

Would anybody be interested in peer reviewing handouts I’ve made on GLP? They are being used widely in my own health board and others are asking to share them too but I’m a bit nervy as they are created all from independent learning 😬😬 #slt #GLP #gestaltlanguageprocessing

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

… a win for one family! It actually left me so sad that they even had to worry about this reaction from professionals, and how different it could have been. This must be so incredibly invalidating for those parents who do get negative reactions. So much work still to do!

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

for the first time today a parent already knew about Gestalt Language Processing when I started to explain how I think their child is learning language…

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

…They kept stressing how relieved they were I knew about this and didn’t dismiss it and how worried they’d been while waiting for the appointment…

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

@CardiffSaLT Thank you so much Sinead!! Just emailed you from my personal 😊

[Emily Price (she/her) @EmilioLees]

If you're a Speech and Language Therapist who supports #Autistic children & young people - check out my website to learn about Neurodivergent-Affirming therapy
https://t.co/1hVJ6wKfew

#SLT #speechie #autism

[Emily Price (she/her) @EmilioLees]

"Employers complete tick-box disability accreditations, which satisfy the government targets, but leave them completely and utterly unable to cope when they are actually faced with an autistic individual". Darn, yes. https://t.co/2lxKssSY1I

#Disability #autistic

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

A parent answered a call from me today with “make me a winner!!!!!” and it’s made my WEEK!! She wasn’t too disappointed luckily #mySLTday

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

That neurodivergent burnout hits hard when you are really trying to push ND affirming approaches as a sole little NQP in a big underfunded health board

[Charlotte Louise @neverschwa]

The Terms ‘Neurodivergent' and ‘Neurodiverse' are NOT Synonymous — HARRY J. THOMPSON https://t.co/qHbaMQJDQv