Hillary Cooper, Medical SLP

10/20/2025

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉

Our poster, “Maximizing Dysphagia Care Resources: Evaluating SimplyThick EasyMix™ Post Expiration Date to Increase Equitable Access,” has been selected as a Meritorious Poster Session at the 2025 ASHA Convention! 🙌

Join Hillary Cooper, MA, CCC-SLP, President of Dysphagia Outreach Project, as she presents this proof-of-concept study exploring how extending the use of commercial thickeners beyond their “best by” dates could help improve health equity and access to dysphagia care.

📍 In Person: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 | 2:30–4:00 PM | Session ID: 8145L

💻 Virtual: Nov. 11–30, 2025 | Session ID: 8145V

We’re proud to continue advancing research that bridges science, compassion, and equitable access for people with dysphagia. 💜

05/02/2025

Yall. How epic is this shirt design?!? The government wants to cut DEI and health equity initiatives? Not on MY watch. Come at me, bro. I've got data and a heart for advocacy and I'm not afraid to use it!

Be sure to grab you one before May 12 so you can receive it before Dysphagia Awareness Month.

🎉 Happy National Speech-Language-Hearing Month! 🎉

Celebrate by repping the movement with our “Evidence-Based. Equity-Driven.” tee and showing your commitment to justice in dysphagia care and across the CSD professions. 💪👕

🛒 Grab your shirt: bit.ly/dysphagiaequityshirt

🎟️ And don’t miss our CEU webinar on advocacy in dysphagia, featuring Dr. Raele Donetha Loy: bit.ly/dysphagiacareequity

Every purchase and registration supports Dysphagia Outreach Project’s mission to serve low-income individuals with swallowing disorders 💜

04/17/2025

📦✨ DONATIONS NEEDED! ✨🪥
We’re running low on two critical items: shipping supplies (boxes, packing paper, & tape) and toothpaste (pediatric + adult)—essentials we need to keep serving our Dysphagia Food Bank recipients.

🛒 Want to help?
✅ Visit our Amazon Wishlist: bit.ly/dysphagiaoutreach
📩 Or DM us for more info!

Every item makes a difference. Thank you for helping us support safe swallowing across the lifespan! ❤️

04/14/2025

🍼Specialty Infant Thickener or the Electric Bill?💡

Which would YOU choose?

For families with infants who need Gelmix to swallow safely, this isn’t hypothetical.

It’s a daily, gut-wrenching decision.

Because thickener isn’t often covered by insurance — but going without it? That can mean choking, aspiration, or hospitalization.

At Dysphagia Outreach Project, we believe NO parent should have to make this choice.

That’s why we deliver thickeners and feeding supplies directly to families who need them most — no strings attached.

❤️ Want to help?
You can help make sure a baby gets what they need and the lights stay on by:

🔗 Visiting www.dysphagiaoutreach.org/donate to donate.

🔗 Visiting bit.ly/dysphagiacareequity to join our Dysphagia Awareness Month Webinar where 100% of your registration costs go to support our mission.

06/13/2023

Make sure you REGISTER for this must-attend event! We've got a wonderful speaker lineup and a great exhibit hall for you to explore! Come for the knowledge, leave with allllllll the swag!

Can't make it in person? We got you, boo! Check out our VIRTUAL option!

See you all there!

🚨✨𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫✨🚨

Deadline is TODAY, June 13, 2023! Visit www.LSHA.org to REGISTER!

We are so excited to see you VIRTUALLY via zoom or IN-PERSON at the CROWNE PLAZA EXECUTIVE CENTER in BATON ROUGE, LA. You don’t want to miss out!!

04/26/2023

Hey everyone, I'm going to be talking about one of my favorite things ever with a group of my favorite people TONIGHT at 7pm EST over on the ASHA page.

If you're curious about what Dysphagia Outreach Project has been up to lately, come check us out!

Join our panelists to learn about the Dysphagia Outreach Project (DOP).

04/11/2023

North Louisiana Swallow Solutions is proud to partner with facilities in the greater North Louisiana and South Arkansas region to bring access to high-quality swallow studies in 1-2 business days.

Our service includes:

- 1-2 business day wait time for studies
- SLP Peer support from our dysphagia experts (We nerd out so you don't have to)
- Evidence-based exercise & compensation recommendations (with citations)
- Patient-driven recommendations which consider the patient's advanced directives & wishes
- Frame-by-frame review of EVERY SINGLE STUDY to ensure accuracy of our findings
- Same day report and video in FULL COLOR
- Free educational inservices for your facility
- Ability to evaluate COVID-19 positive or other isolation patients (flu, c-diff, MRSA, etc)
- 7 day per week service to ensure that patients receive timely care
- Affordable, flat rate billing with no cancellation fees or hidden charges
- Multiple endoscopists to ensure we are in your building quickly

Sound too good to be true? Trust me, it's not.

Call us today to set up a free demo and let us show you how we can be the SOLUTION to your SWALLOWing problems.

Email or Call us today:
admin@northlaswallowsolutions.com
318-436-4905

03/13/2023

Who needs a double rainbow 🌈 when you've got a DOUBLE SEPTAL FISTULA!?!

02/07/2023

I've been loving lately and all of the interesting cases that are shared.

This one was particularly interesting! I learned something new and amazing today!

“A 52 year old man p/w for a routine check up. He reported having intermittent abdominal pain. Cholesterol panel showed HDL 3mg/dl, cholesterol 120mg/dl, normal TG. What is the diagnosis? https://t.co/seAK7FbMNy”

11/30/2022

Dysphagia Outreach Project is so excited to announce this year’s Giving Event! Today through Friday December 2, 2022 at midnight, donations made will automatically enter participants to win raffle prizes! Each $5 donation counts towards a raffle entry. We will be announcing the winners this Saturday, December 3, 2022.
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Our mission at Dysphagia Outreach Project is to help low-income individuals with dysphagia across the lifespan by providing them with supplies at no cost. We can’t thank you enough for your continued support!
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To participate in Giving Week text “GIVINGEVENT” to 44-321 or visit the link below. Happy giving!❤️

bit.ly/givingevent2022

11/29/2022

Join me tonight over in the DOP Journal Club Facebook Group where we will be discussing the social, emotional, and intellectual impacts of modified diets as well as the importance of shared decision-making.

8:30 PM ET/7:30pm CT

Click the link below to join the group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1550158295165812/?ref=share

09/23/2022

Day 2 of the Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention is going great!

Lecture 1 is done and lecture 2 (interactive thickener lab) is ready to go!

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