Jodee Simpson (they/them)
jodeeslt.bsky.social
Jodee Simpson (they/them)
@jodeeslt.bsky.social
AuDHD Speech & Language Therapist - Research student - Teacher - Trauma survivor - Co-founder Neurodivergent SLT Network - Disability justice - Keynote speaker - Poet - Blogger - Views my own.
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Re/imagining professional identity in speech and language therapy as inspired by neurodivergent SLTs @ndsltuk.bsky.social @naitscotland.bsky.social

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Neurodivergent Speech and Language Therapists - YouTube
This collection of videos contains videos for neurodivergent employees and their colleagues.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Great news to end the week - paper accepted!🤩 This is the paper where we discuss how ChatGPT can be incorporated into qualitative data analysis. So happy to hear it will be published in a very fancy journal soon! Pre-print linked below. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
Exploring ChatGPT’s potential as a qualitative research partner: researcher and participant perspectives on AI-generated insights
The increasing presence of generative AI in research presents both opportunities and challenges for qualitative data analysis. While generative AI tools such as ChatGPT can assist with pattern recogni...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Statement from the Neurodivergent SLT Network UK

We, the Neurodivergent SLT Network UK, strongly condemn President Trump’s recent claims that paracetamol causes autism. These statements are not only scientifically baseless—they are profoundly harmful.
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Exciting news! The final manuscript of our collective book has now been submitted and will be published in the spring- jeep an eye out for pre-ordering soon. Thanks to our editor Claire Westwood for pulling us all together for this amazing book. www.jr-press.co.uk/product/brea...
Breaking Barriers: Disabled and neurodivergent SLTs changing practice - J&R Press
A Metacognitive Approach to Speech and Language Therapy Intervention: ‘It ain’t what you do but the way that you do it’
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September 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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please resend @9000lives.org @UKSRG2 @SloanMattinson @GemLJones10 @GovenderRoganie @ChatterboxesSLT @MarissaGPWebb @talkingoutcomes @chrisnorrie.bsky.social @jodeeslt.bsky.social @csdrnetwork.bsky.social@SteveHermonhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738899 @bristol-sltru.bsky.social
Petition: Create a National Strategy for Childhood Apraxia Of Speech (CAS)
We want the Government to create and fund a National Strategy for CAS, which should include: - Increase education of CAS. - Set up and fund a working group of experts and families to advise Government...
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September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I keep listening to myself in my first postgraduate researcher Vlog !!! This statement might sound a bit vain… but speaking from the child with special needs who couldn’t read independently till age 11 or talk to anyone without crying for years… it makes me feel pretty good to see my confidence ♥️
I’ve made this video for my research study supervisor after they requested a “noddy” version of a very upside down research methodology that I’m using. I’m not sure though I’ve achieved this 🤣 let me know what you’re thinking in the comments below ⤵️ youtu.be/zYst-AfubkM?... #diffractivemethodology
PG Life: Trying to make a “Noddy” version to explain ‘Diffractive Methodologies’ (epic FAIL!)
YouTube video by Jodee Simpson
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August 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I have been accepted to present my research at this year's RCSLT conference.

My research explores the professional identity concepts of neurodivergent SLTs using Agential Realism Diffractive Methodologies.

Don't be fooled by the title! Agential Realism uncovers the stories we don't usually hear..
August 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I’ve made this video for my research study supervisor after they requested a “noddy” version of a very upside down research methodology that I’m using. I’m not sure though I’ve achieved this 🤣 let me know what you’re thinking in the comments below ⤵️ youtu.be/zYst-AfubkM?... #diffractivemethodology
PG Life: Trying to make a “Noddy” version to explain ‘Diffractive Methodologies’ (epic FAIL!)
YouTube video by Jodee Simpson
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July 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I recorded a podcast at RCSLT to give a response to their report on the experiences of disabled SLTs.

The headline…? … “there is ableism and discrimination in the SLT profession”!!!

No mincing of words in this report. No watering it down. It’s sobering.

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Learning from the experiences of disabled SLTs: part 1 of 2
Podcast Episode · RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists · 23/07/2025 · 27m
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July 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Celebrate with us!

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Celebrating 400 members at Neurodivergent SLT Network UK & Ireland
YouTube video by Jodee Simpson
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June 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Love networking at conferences. Excited about #ASLTIP Therapy Talks day tomorrow. This is how I subtly propose my preferred small talk topic. With a homemade badge 🤣 #accessibility #mySLTday #AuDHD
March 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Thank you to @NAITScotland for inviting me to talk @ndsltuk.bsky.social published by #RCSLT

For inclusive workplaces, psychological safety, authenticity, normalising accessibility, celebrating difference

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Writing Guidelines for Neurodivergent Speech & Language Therapists
YouTube video by Jodee Simpson
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March 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Getting ready to speak at PBS UK conference 2025. Great line up of speakers. Tickets selling fast.

Click here to book your place now:

PBS Good Practice Conference: Learning from Our Mistakes - Professional Humility in PBS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pbs-good-p...
February 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Really happy to be speaking at this event about the experience of writing guidelines for neurodivergent speech & language therapists. The talk will be available on my YouTube channel and on @ndsltuk.bsky.social website soon
On our way to Glasgow for the South & West Community of Practice event. Look out for excellent talks and networking and read the latest Bulletin here thirdspace.scot/wp-content/upl…
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February 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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#Speechies in the UK. Have you read our guidelines for supporting neurodivergent SLTs yet? This is more than a ‘how to’ document, it challenges the beliefs we hold about ways of being an SLT. Embracing diverse ways of being and doing better serves the diverse populations we support
January 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#Speechies in the UK. Have you read our guidelines for supporting neurodivergent SLTs yet? This is more than a ‘how to’ document, it challenges the beliefs we hold about ways of being an SLT. Embracing diverse ways of being and doing better serves the diverse populations we support
January 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What have you read or learned that was a “turning point” or “epiphany” moment?

This paper feels like a turning point for me in my understanding of what decolonisation is all about.

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Expanding Possibilities for Inclusive Research: Learning from People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities and Decolonising Research
This paper pursues the argument that finding a way for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities to belong in inclusive research requires starting from a deep knowledge of the people...
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December 19, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Our new publication written by 16 co-authors from
@ndsltuk.bsky.social and published by RCSLT is now available online
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New guidance to support neurodivergent SLTs | RCSLT
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December 10, 2024 at 8:46 PM
That’s me enrolled at uni again for my Masters. Time to raid the library for some Christmas holidays brain stimulation 🤣 Happy place 🥰
December 10, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Leading this project with 16 neurodivergent co-authors from @ndsltuk.bsky.social has been so rewarding & supporting self-awareness. But we need allies to reframe narratives from disorder>difference & address implicit bias & ableism. YES to thriving, not striving 🧡❤️♥️
❗From @rcslt.bsky.social 🆕Guidance on neurodivergence in the workplace. It supports SLTs, #SLT2be, apprentices & SLT assistants. It offers whole workforce support to foster allyship, create inclusive workplaces & to help counter unconscious bias. www.rcslt.org/news/new-gui... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #RCSLT
New guidance to support neurodivergent SLTs | RCSLT
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December 8, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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❗From @rcslt.bsky.social 🆕Guidance on neurodivergence in the workplace. It supports SLTs, #SLT2be, apprentices & SLT assistants. It offers whole workforce support to foster allyship, create inclusive workplaces & to help counter unconscious bias. www.rcslt.org/news/new-gui... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #RCSLT
New guidance to support neurodivergent SLTs | RCSLT
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November 15, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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I love your perception of this moment. The communication breakthrough, the moment when I first realized that my late soulmate would always have my back. The joy of that moment lasts a lifetime because it is magical. 💜😇😍
The purpose of speech and language therapy in this week’s sessions… ? 🧡 connection 🧡 there is nothing more beautiful than the moment when a child with a profound learning disability and their communication partner connect in moment of shared joy 🧡♥️❤️ Communication is really about Connection. ⭐️Magic⭐️
December 8, 2024 at 5:37 AM