Ep. 26: How to Talk to Kids About Autism ft Mrs. Speechie P
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Who is Mrs. Speechie P and how did she become a neurodiversity‑affirming influencer?
What's up everyone and welcome to Making the Shift.
We're an SLP couple from California with three boys and a passion for finding better ways to support autistic kids.
I'm Chris. You might know me as speech dude. I'm a Neurodivergent High School SLP and the creator of the Dynamic Assessment of Social Emotional Learning, and I specialize in crafting neurodiversity affirming IEPs through my online course.
And I'm Jesse, a sensory integration trained SLP, owner of a top-rated clinic in Los Angeles, and the creator of the Inside Out Sensory Communication Programs for Parents and Therapists. Join us weekly to learn neurodiversity affirming ways to support social, emotional development, and regulation in autistic kids.
Are you ready to make the shift?
Let's do it. Welcome everyone. That's my best crisp voice. Welcome to making the shift.
That's right. I make sure that I I have it with strong affirmation. There we go.
And some conviction. And
conviction and love and energy and passion.
Anything else?
And all of those things.
We are so excited for today. I was just joking with Chris. I said our next guest needs no introduction, you know, that show.
No.
Because she doesn't. We're so excited to have none other than the Andy Putt.
Andy Putt in the house.
AKL speechy p.
Mrs. Speechy P, yes.
What percentage of people do you think know your name versus your social media name?
You know, I really don't know. I feel like sometimes I'll like say, Hey, I'm Andy. I have no idea if you know who I am. And then like some people are like. Oh, I totally know your name. Um, but one time I did a poll, like where I was like, what's my name? And I made people guess.
And I think
maybe like 60% of people knew we would have and then other people picked yeah random things.
No one knows Chris's name. We go to like Asha or conventions or anywhere and they're just like speech dude.
Yeah, speech dude. Even my students I work with and I am now known as speech dude.
But we are just don't even recognize me. Like I don't get called anything. Like just walk by me. I bet they're just star straw.
Uh-huh. Yeah.
So I'm just so overwhelming.
It is like that though for people. Like when they see someone they know they're like I don't know, they sometimes get a little bit apprehensive on wanting to say something.
Yeah, of course. I feel like people would get like that with you. Because everyone knows you and we should tell everyone you're an SLP, you work in the schools, but really just have had this huge influence. I hate using the word influence. I'm not using the word influencer.
Impact and she's a visionary and had just this huge ability to like the title of this, like make a shift in an impact in the world of working with. Um autistic students and kids.
Yeah, absolutely. And I feel like everyone wants to know. How did Mrs. BGP come to be? Like I feel like you were really trailblazing in the social media world and like how did that even happen for you?
You know, I um did not plan on it being social media. And um I just randomly had a thought in the middle of the night, which I typically forget or don't follow up on, um, to start a blog is what it started as. And I had no idea what I was doing, but I actually did it, like figured out computers, which is if you knew me in real life, you would laugh. Um and then I was um sharing it just like on my own personal Facebook. Facebook and people were like trying to friend me. And I was like, no, I don't want to do that. And so I started Facebook and I did that for a couple of years. I didn't even, I was like, I am not doing Instagram ever. I'm not gonna do that. I don't need any more social media in my life. Um, and now that's where I I spend most of my time, honestly.
Um, but yeah, there was no planning involved. Um, of course. I just kind of did it. I um I don't know. I think it helps. I'm pretty good at wording things in like ways that regular people can understand because that's how I communicate. And I think that's helped a lot. Um, but yeah, it was so, it was such a strange like uh. I don't even know what to call it, like traveling experience.
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