Autistic SLT

06/02/2026

So important to understand this... and I couldn’t have said it better 🎯 Thank you, Mona Delahooke!

04/02/2026

Amazing work Alex Ewan !!!!

04/02/2026

Are you neurodivergent and struggle in the mornings?

If you're and/or , have a complex mental health history, work, and parent, then that combination means your nervous system is almost never fully “off.” Mornings aren’t a fresh start - they’re a sudden transition into sensory overwhelm, responsibility, emotional regulation (yours and your child’s), and performance.

For people, transitions are costly. It comes with immediate demands. Your body learns to brace before the day even starts. That heaviness or dread on waking isn’t a thought - it’s the nervous system anticipating load.

That vigilance of "What do I have to manage today?" is strong.

If you relate to this, you're carrying a lot, with a sensitive system and limited recovery time. The morning mood is physiology, conditioning, and chronic overload. Not a reflection of motivation, worth, or ability.

❤️

26/01/2026

"Sobriety, then, is not the end of the work. It’s the beginning of a different kind of work; learning how to be with discomfort without anaesthetising it"

What an incredibly powerful, insightful piece of writing by David Gray-Hammond: Emergent Divergence

Thoughts on learning to live life with feeling

26/01/2026

Minneapolis will always have a place in my heart. I lived there 2011-2012 and met some wonderful people ❤️

love.
compassion.
empathy.
inclusion.
justice.
kindness.
❤️

We stand with Minnesota.......
These words capture the ideas we are struggling to convey on our own today but also remain deeply committed to embodying.......
Edited to add information which can help us move from awareness to ACTION- please visit www.standwithminnesota.com This website was designed and is being maintained by beloved longtime Minneapolis Native organizer, artist, and author Ashley Fairbanks and has lots of info from reliable news sources to places to donate. Thank you to Joyner Emerick for alerting us to this resource.

(The image is an outline of Minnesota with those same words superimposed over it. This messaging on on a shirt that Amy wears all the time. It is from Cotton).

26/01/2026

HOW CHILDREN CAN HEAL US

Children interrupt our adult hypnosis and numbness.

They ask for us NOW. They invite us into play. They call to us with their needs and their big feelings. Not after the task, the message, the important adult work. Not in the future. But now.

That is why they can stir boredom, irritation, distraction, even resentment in some parents. It’s like they “get in the way” of the life we think we should be living.

And that is also why they can heal us!

Children expose our addiction to doing, producing, and constantly escaping from feeling. They reveal how difficult simple presence can be in a system built on distraction.

When a child wants nothing from you except that you are here, fully here, your escape routes start to crumble.

Children do not heal us by behaving well, staying quiet, or fitting into our schedules. They do not heal us by getting out of our way.

They heal us by pulling us back into the sacred moment, into the body, into feeling, into joy, into life as it is. Often loudly. Often messily.

They invite us to surrender more deeply to life, to plunge into the primal depths of love.

- Jeff Foster

25/01/2026

A quick reminder for anyone doing advocacy (or just trying to get through the week): your energy is a finite resource.

If you’re constantly pouring into things you can’t control or influence, burnout isn’t a personal failing, it’s a predictable outcome.

What’s one boundary you’re holding this week to save your spoons?

23/01/2026

Parenting is hard, especially as an parent.

My tiny human loves Spiderman. Has done for the last year and is totally monotropic. Sometimes my child will wear the same Spiderman top for days on end, sleeping in it. Even when I throw all the 'strategies' at the situation to change the top, I'm still met with distress. So I stop trying to intervene and send them on their way to childcare.

Then comes the ping-pong rumination - I'm riddled with "what will other people think? I'm neglectful, I'm a bad mother, I'm just not disciplined enough. What will people say? What well-intentioned child development theories and strategies are they going to suggest that may frustrate me?"

Even with my job helping parents and reassuring families, I still have these complex pangs of guilt that can spiral. Then I realise… a lot of that judgment isn’t about my child. It’s my own stuff projected onto them.

Add in the constant parental blame we absorb from society, the neuronormative standards that say “this is how a child should behave,” and it’s no wonder I feel conflicted.

Just sharing 👋🏼

05/01/2026

Happy new year everyone 🎉

Just to let you know that I'm now open for bookings for February onwards. Due to working part-time I have a limited number of appointments available per month.

For those who don't know me, I'm Emily Price (she/her) 👋🏼 . I'm an Speech and Language Therapist based in Greater Manchester (but also work virtually). I support neurodivergent children and adults. I practise through trauma-informed, Neurodivergent-Affirming approaches that prioritise consent and collaboration.

Find out more about my work and services I offer at www.autisticslt.com/speech-language-services-fees

You can reach me at autisticslt@gmail.com 📨

I offer a range of services including FREE therapy consultations, £75 per hour for professional consultations and supervision, bespoke training packages, £280 for adult communication assessments. Sliding scales for autistic people and families / charities.

15/12/2025

"According to Debrett’s, the authority on etiquette, voice notes should be under two minutes. “Think about what you’re going to say before you press ‘record’ and stick to your subject"

Clearly Debrett's coaching company doesn't consist of Autistic / ADHD people 😂

Britons now send an average of 58 hours’ worth of these messages a year. But what about the recipients who are experiencing ‘voice note fatigue’?

14/12/2025

We had a very wet but lovely forest school session 🤶🏼🎄🦌 thanks Forest Frontiers C.I.C

11/12/2025

I’ve visited a lot of schools lately and have been reflecting on a few things.

I didn’t do well at school (academically, socially, emotionally). It did me more harm than good. Alot of what I do today I didn’t learn there. My skills, values, and self-worth weren’t formed there.

We’re conditioned to believe school is the main place learning happens, and that success is measured in grades and how well we “fit” the system.

For many kids, school can feel overwhelming. Lack of autonomy, correction, overuse of verbal and physical prompting, and drills. The pressure for social acceptability shrinks a child long before it supports them.

Learning actually happens everywhere: through play, exploration, everyday experiences, and following your interests.