If you are a parent of a neurodivergent individual, you may or may not have heard of the term executive functioning or executive dysfunction. It may seem like yet another skill your child is lacking, when there are so many challenges going on. This post will teach you what executive function is, why it’s important, …
Accommodations in the Workplace for Autistic People
Being an SLP, I have spent time with Autistic people, and my occupation and field, in general, have given me more knowledge about how I can make things easier for them. But, this is not true for a vast percentage of the population. This is why, I wanted to make full use of Autism Awareness …
Microaggressions and Macroaggressions in SLP
Microaggressions describe comments or actions that can be discriminatory and hurtful to certain identities, regardless of the intent. If we can be aware of these, we can be more supportive and practice actual allyship for identities different than ours. What are Microaggressions? Microaggressions: The everyday slights, indignities, put-downs and insults that people of colour, women, LGBT …
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Pattern Recognition
Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD is a condition that has likely existed since the dawn of humanity, but has gained recognition in just recent times, or precisely from the early 20th century. Even after a century, there is much more to be discovered and understood about Autism, however, with people accepting Autism, things are escalating. …