Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP

Speech language pathologist. Mother. Author. Spreading hope, compassion & some speech, language & literacy tips one tweet at a time. #speechtherapy #slpeeps

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

Free downloadable resources to help your #toddler communicate with joy. Check out my resource library #earlyinterventionworks ➡️https://t.co/cmwA6ozZAA

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Where are the students who think they benefited from Chromebooks and iPads in school?

Where are the teachers who believe that ed tech greatly improved education?

Let's get this stuff out of elementary schools by September. Older grades will be harder, but let's start with K-5.

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

Your actions can lead your emotions. If you want to feel more grateful or more joyful, begin by acting that way, even if it does not feel natural at first. The brain follows the body more than we realize. Simple behaviors like saying thank you, offering a smile, or showing kindness can start to shift your emotional state from the outside in.

Become the person you want to be by practicing the habits that reflect that kind of character.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

Task initiation - “Everyone procrastinates, but not everyone is a procrastinator.” From seminar A Guide For Tackling Executive Function Skills in School-Aged Children.

[Joseph Massey @jmasseypoet]

I wrote an elegy for Charlie Kirk, to honor his memory and legacy as a truth teller.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

@jmasseypoet Beautiful.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

@DataRepublican I agree but I would say that Catholic Charities is a great organization.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

That DoorDash commercial was funny! #wingsfever

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

A rather silly article appeared in the Sunday edition of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune concerning my participation in the President’s Religious Liberty Commission. The author, Karen Tolkkinen, claimed that I “advocate erasing the boundaries between church and state.” This is a gross mischaracterization of my position.

The first amendment to the Constitution does indeed say that Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, and I completely support this. But the amendment contains a second clause in regard to religion, namely, that Congress shall make no law “prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Though there can never be an official American religion, there can indeed be expressions of religion in the public space and in civic life. The relegation of faith to the private sphere, which has been encouraged by some of the regrettable jurisprudence of the last seventy-five years, is happily being overturned by a number of recent decisions of our Supreme Court. It is no accident, in fact, that freedom of religion is the first liberty guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. For if the capacity to express one’s deepest moral convictions in public is denied, all of the other freedoms can and will, in time, be denied.

Ms. Tolkkinen represents the elite liberal class that, unfortunately, controls many of the institutions of our society. What she and her colleagues fear the most are confident and assertive religious people who refuse to stay sequestered in private. So I say: fight hard against any formal establishment of religion, but fight just as hard for the right to exercise religion in the public space.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

@wakeupnj So incredibly sad.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

@DataRepublican @SenWarren Many who criticize RFK’s position on autism are those who are offended by the terms mildly autistic vs severely autistic and autistic vs person with autism. They prefer “high needs autism” vs “low needs autism” and tend to dismiss others who use these insensitive terms. 🍌!

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Hello Senator Warren,

I'm writing to you as someone in a position you claim to represent.

I am profoundly deaf. I live with severe speech and language impairments. I am functionally nonverbal. I also have mild autism, precisely the kind of neurodivergence you and others are invoking to score points against RFK Jr.

This Xeet is one of the most disingenuous and cynical things I've seen from you, particularly given your claims of being an advocate for the disability community.

Living with a disability is not a metaphor. It is not a symbol. It is not something to be used selectively when politically convenient. Disability is real, physical, and often brutal.

You're using people with mild autism to hold them up as a shield to attack RFK Jr., ignoring the obvious context of his remarks. You know full well he was referring to severe autism. The kind that robs people of speech and autonomy.

He was not calling for the eradication of people like Elon Musk. He was talking about helping the children who scream through the night, who can't speak or hold a spoon, who wander into traffic because their sensory systems don't register danger.

To collapse all of autism into one political narrative is not advocacy, it's a betrayal of those of us with disabilities. And it reveals that your commitment is not to us, but to score political points against the other side.

If you genuinely cared about us, you would be making distinctions, loudly. Instead, you've flattened us for a talking point.

You do not speak for me.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Friends, today is Holy Thursday, the beginning of the Sacred Triduum, the holiest days of our liturgical calendar. This evening, priests will wash the feet of congregants as Christ did for his disciples and we will celebrate Mass for the final time until Easter.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

@ENBrown Did Apple and Samsung fund this study’s research?

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

To ease into the week, I pre-select my outfits and use these hanging tags to label each day. It's a simple way to eliminate wardrobe decisions from my morning routine.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

@HannahHidalgo @PlayersTribune Ignore hate. Let go and Let God. Great piece!

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

Two touch passes! UConn is having some fun!

[Dear Son. @DearS_o_n]

Never take this for granted son.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

@PsyPost @SLT_Frankfurt Language learning happens in the womb.

[Kimberly Scanlon, M.A., CCC-SLP @Scanlonspeech]

In honor of National Napping day, may I recommend a book? https://t.co/uKaKONM6DC

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Thank you.