Amanda Van Horne
@telllab.bsky.social
Helping little kids say big sentences. I study kids with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), trained as an SLP, using Implementation Science frameworks, reading deeply about Climate Change and Disaster Research. All posts my own.
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Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
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I’m thrilled to contribute to this effort to think big and longterm about a path to substantial reductions in gun violence, suicides, and injuries in the US. Solutions depend not only on good data and science as a guide, but on political and social change for a whole govt and society approach.
New @jama.com report, “Toward a Safer World by 2040: The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms,” co-authored by @daniel-webster.bsky.social & @drcrifasi.bsky.social is now available! A safer country will require long-term investments in solutions that center those most affected.
A Roadmap to a Safer Future: JAMA Summit Charts Bold Path to Reduce Firearm Harms by 2040 | Center for Gun Violence Solutions
The JAMA report concludes that a safer nation will require long-term investments in solutions that center the people and communities most affected by firearm violence.
publichealth.jhu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’m thrilled to contribute to this effort to think big and longterm about a path to substantial reductions in gun violence, suicides, and injuries in the US. Solutions depend not only on good data and science as a guide, but on political and social change for a whole govt and society approach.
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Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.
John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.
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Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇
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If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.
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I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.
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SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
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No one "deserves it" but it bears repeating that almost 1/2 of adult SNAP recipients are white, and children make up 40% of the total recipients. 1.2 million veterans depend on SNAP. Able-bodied adults are less than 10% of SNAP recipients and can only claim it temporarily, under certain conditions.
If you’re a democrat and your response to snap getting cut is laughter or saying things like “they voted for Trump so they deserve it” etc congratulations you’re a fascist and a threat at the same level as maga.
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
No one "deserves it" but it bears repeating that almost 1/2 of adult SNAP recipients are white, and children make up 40% of the total recipients. 1.2 million veterans depend on SNAP. Able-bodied adults are less than 10% of SNAP recipients and can only claim it temporarily, under certain conditions.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Today marks the first day of early voting in Texas! For the November 4 election, the early voting window runs from October 20 to October 31.
Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.
Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Today marks the first day of early voting in Texas! For the November 4 election, the early voting window runs from October 20 to October 31.
Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.
Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.
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This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
I'm a bit late to the party, but I finally watched this lecture in anticipation of #DLDday. Thanks @hannahhobson.bsky.social for the amazing work you do and for making me think about why & when camouflaging occurs (And thanks to the @radld.bsky.social board for organizing) #DevLangDis
Masking / camouflaging in DLD is an issue that is coming to the fore. So we are very pleased that this is the theme that Dr Hannah Hobson from University of York will be addressing in this year's Dorothy Bishop lecture.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DLDay
#DevLangDis
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DLDay
#DevLangDis
October 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm a bit late to the party, but I finally watched this lecture in anticipation of #DLDday. Thanks @hannahhobson.bsky.social for the amazing work you do and for making me think about why & when camouflaging occurs (And thanks to the @radld.bsky.social board for organizing) #DevLangDis
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Spotted in a staff room of a school I was visiting today! My eyes nearly popped out of my head. Can you spot it? The #RADLD bubble out in the wild. #DLD awareness is spreading! #devlangdis #DLDday
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Spotted in a staff room of a school I was visiting today! My eyes nearly popped out of my head. Can you spot it? The #RADLD bubble out in the wild. #DLD awareness is spreading! #devlangdis #DLDday
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We need every teacher to know about DLD, as there are on average 2 children with it in every class of 30.
#DevLangDis
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
#DLDday
You can't see DLD, so how do you spot it in the classroom?
DLD can look like ADHD, autism or dyslexia, but DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is about spoken language. The core difficulties are with understanding and using words and sentences.
radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
DLD can look like ADHD, autism or dyslexia, but DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is about spoken language. The core difficulties are with understanding and using words and sentences.
radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
October 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We need every teacher to know about DLD, as there are on average 2 children with it in every class of 30.
#DevLangDis
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
#DLDday
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You can't see DLD, and so many people's needs are missed. They go through life struggling, never knowing that there is a reason why things are so hard for them.
Learn about it here: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
Learn about it here: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
You can't see DLD, and so many people's needs are missed. They go through life struggling, never knowing that there is a reason why things are so hard for them.
Learn about it here: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
Learn about it here: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
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DLD is different in each child, but looking back many parents remember a time that their child's language stood out, like Nichole here who noticed her child struggling with literacy and spoken sentences.
This example is of a child, but it affects adults too.
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
radld.org
This example is of a child, but it affects adults too.
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
radld.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
DLD is different in each child, but looking back many parents remember a time that their child's language stood out, like Nichole here who noticed her child struggling with literacy and spoken sentences.
This example is of a child, but it affects adults too.
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
radld.org
This example is of a child, but it affects adults too.
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
radld.org
With help from @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social (Professor Cookie!) our lab spent today getting ready for #DLDday
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
With help from @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social (Professor Cookie!) our lab spent today getting ready for #DLDday
Publisher embargoes + public access policy
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Publisher embargoes + public access policy
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We’ve now heard that most of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) at ED is being let go as well. The harm caused to students if these layoffs are allowed to proceed cannot be overstated. ED cannot carry out its statutorily required duties without these offices.
October 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We’ve now heard that most of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) at ED is being let go as well. The harm caused to students if these layoffs are allowed to proceed cannot be overstated. ED cannot carry out its statutorily required duties without these offices.
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The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
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⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:
October 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:
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@ticld.bsky.social @cristina-mckean.bsky.social @telllab.bsky.social @natmunro.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @karlamcgregor.bsky.social be grateful for shares!
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Join the School of Allied Health. Position - Assistant Professor in Speech and Language Therapy - Permanent. Further information for applicants and application material is available online from: ul.ie/hrvacancies/ #ULjobs
September 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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TICLD are at #CLS2025 #ChildLanguageSymposium2025 over the next three days in Reading, UK. First up is @carol-annemurphy.bsky.social with "What outcomes are measured in intervention for children with DLD? A systematic review of intervention studies" (Carol-Anne Murphy, Tom Braddon..
September 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
TICLD are at #CLS2025 #ChildLanguageSymposium2025 over the next three days in Reading, UK. First up is @carol-annemurphy.bsky.social with "What outcomes are measured in intervention for children with DLD? A systematic review of intervention studies" (Carol-Anne Murphy, Tom Braddon..