Toward neurodiversity: How conversation analysis can contribute to a new approach to social communication assessment

B Yu, L Sterponi - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: The purpose of this clinical focus article was to illustrate the potential of employing
conversation analysis (CA) as a method for assessing social communication that is …

An interactive and neurodiversity-affirming approach to communication supports for autistic students through videogaming

S Santhanam - Language, speech, and hearing services in schools, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Videogaming offers an interactive, enjoyable, and socially valid context for
interaction between autistic and non-autistic students in schools. In this tutorial, I describe an …

It takes a community: How environmental systems construct (in) competence in autistic peer interactions

VG Vidal, DP Wachholtz, LJ Mattie… - Language, Speech, and …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: This study aims to illustrate how environmental systems shape the peer
interactions of an autistic student within the classroom. Method: Drawing on the …

Piloting a Home Visual Support Intervention with Families of Autistic Children and Children with Related Needs Aged 0–12

M Rutherford, J Baxter, L Johnston, V Tyagi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Visual supports are an important intervention for autistic individuals and others with
neurodevelopmental differences. However, families often report limited access to visual …

Foreign language learning: The experience of autistic bloggers

H Angulo-Jiménez, M Bonilla-López… - Topics in Language …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Although autistic perspectives are paramount for evidence-based practice and the
neurodiversity paradigm, they are often underrepresented in research and have only …

A DisCrit-informed critique of the difference vs. disorder approach in speech-language pathology

B Yu, L Epstein, V Tisi - Critical perspectives on social justice in …, 2021 - igi-global.com
The disproportionate representation of students of color in special education is among the
most longstanding and intractable problems in education. In this chapter, the authors …

“I Have a Different Perspective as I Am Working Through This”: Speech–Language Pathologist Reflections on Autism

LS DeThorne, K Pierce, M Rang… - Topics in Language …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Whereas the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
(DSM-5) characterizes autism as a neurological disorder typified by impairment in social …

“I'm in a unique position to make a difference”: The experiences and practices of autistic speech and language therapists

M Gréaux, N Katsos, JL Gibson - 2023 - osf.io
Background: Communication is at the root of many inequities for autistic people, which
underscores the promising role that speech and language therapists (SLTs) can play in …

Parent-Mediated Intervention for Autistic Children Offered Through In-Person and Telepractice Modalities

M Sundarrajan, J Franco - Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest …, 2024 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic thrust telepractice into the mainstream as a primary
service delivery model. While some populations and providers were adversely impacted by …

Common ground in AAC: how children who use AAC and teaching staff shape interaction in the multimodal classroom

S Ibrahim, M Clarke, A Vasalou… - Augmentative and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are multimodal
communicators. However, in classroom interactions involving children and staff, achieving …