Here and Now Speech and Language Therapy

12/16/2025

BUDDY THE ELF, WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? …

04/04/2025

when it’s and you have to program the word “autism” into your LAMP WFL program … and then you have to import an infinity symbol too?? For real?? 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄♾️❤️💛

07/11/2024

I put together all of my favorite wordless picture books in one blog post. I've always used wordless picture books but I went on a deep dive this school year and had a perpetual pile from the library on my desk at all times. ...it was just the tip of the iceberg! I'm working with middle school kids now so this list is tailored for the older student crowd. Do you have a favorite one? Please let me know in the comments!
https://www.hereandnowspeech.com/blog/my-love-language-is-wordless

04/09/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Our sped director said a few months ago that we were all getting this book so I held off buying it myself and it came TODAY which happens to be my birthday and I’m gonna take it personally and accept it as a birthday gift.

04/03/2024

It's World Autistic People's Perspective Awareness Day! The easiest way you can be aware of the opinions of autistic people today is to do some quick searches. Learning about what many autistic people think about the things I was trained to do with them as a speech therapist has completely changed how I support my autistic students. Awareness is the first step of knowing better. shirt by

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5SYD5NrAGH/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==

03/18/2024

One of the goals I write for my students who stutter is to be able to state at least five facts about stuttering. My intention is that knowing these facts will be empowering and give them a defense when they encounter people who don’t understand stuttering and do things to “help.” These were the 5 we came up with today:

1. Stuttering changes- sometimes it’s worse and sometimes it’s better
2. 1% of people stutter (1% of 8 billion is 80 million… that’s a lot). It’s common.
3. Stuttering is not caused by nervousness.
4. Stuttering has nothing to do with intelligence or being capable.
5. Telling a person who stutters to “slow down” is NOT helpful.



Tagging because they recently posted a list of “the facts”. There are lots of facts… their list and mine are non-exhaustive.

Tagging because if you or someone you know stutters, the National Stuttering Association is a fantastic resource and place to start to find information that is vetted by / created by people who stutter. Any resource about stuttering that hasn’t considered the perspective of those who stutter is potentially harmful and/or simply misinformed.

01/19/2024

I found this today and it’s too important not to share. for SLPs about the harm we can do and how easy it is to do it if we’re not aware of This is why client perspective is an equal part of “It is time for radical acceptance of stuttering.”

I am used to my stuttering and I wish everyone else would get used to it too. My reactions and my feelings about stuttering are relative to how you, the listener, react. I am only uncomfortable because you are uncomfortable. I am uncomfortable FOR you.

12/13/2023

I have a whole thing about that I’m going to post a video about later, but sharing this list now bc it made me so happy… I still use Elf in speech but I’ve dramatically changed how I do it.

12/13/2023

Doing the neurodiversity presentation for the district psychs this time ❤️

12/06/2023

I presented today for our district SLPs: An Introduction to the Neurodiversity Paradigm and Autistic Perspectives
🤗🤗🤗🤗
So happy to wrap up all of my learning and research and share my journey. And start/continue the discussion about the importance of seeking out the perspectives of those we support. I let them borrow some of my books 📚

10/02/2023

New month, new book. Reading - written by a non-speaking author with a non-speaking protagonist. A spooky book in time for Let me know if you’re reading too 📚

09/08/2023

Zooms are canceled- all of them! Not just mine but yours too. J/k I don’t have authority to cancel your zooms but you have my permission to cancel anything that’s not working for you. I have to cancel my standing book club Saturday Zooms due to, lack of attendance 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t have the resources to rev up social media and

I’m still reading this book I planned to read in September- are you? I’d love to talk to you about it so please reach out and let’s set up a time and do that way.

I’m going to continue posting about books and neurodiversity and speech therapy and if you’re here for it, thank you for being Here ❤️ I want you in any way you show up.