Vicki Haddix
@vickibostonslp.bsky.social
Clinical Associate Professor, SLP, AAC #AugComm #ATchat & UDL. #BskySpeechies Other interests: books (romance, mystery, nonfiction), travel, jazz, hockey, Memphis Grizzlies, wine, & cheese; she/her
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Part 82 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Wheelchair made for Holy Roman Empress Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 1740.
Wheelchair made for Holy Roman Empress Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 1740.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Part 82 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Wheelchair made for Holy Roman Empress Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 1740.
Wheelchair made for Holy Roman Empress Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, 1740.
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In the @perkinsvision.bsky.social community and all around the #BlindNewWorld, the #WhiteCane ensures that people can be independent, confident and safe. 🧑🦯
Want to learn more? Check out 10 fascinating facts about #WhiteCanes ⬇️
Want to learn more? Check out 10 fascinating facts about #WhiteCanes ⬇️
10 fascinating facts about the white cane
Canes offer safety, confidence and independence - but here are 10 little-known facts about the iconic white cane that might surprise you.
Perkins.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In the @perkinsvision.bsky.social community and all around the #BlindNewWorld, the #WhiteCane ensures that people can be independent, confident and safe. 🧑🦯
Want to learn more? Check out 10 fascinating facts about #WhiteCanes ⬇️
Want to learn more? Check out 10 fascinating facts about #WhiteCanes ⬇️
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
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this is an extremely common and well understood surgery, obviously this was not a real number, but what the fuck
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
this is an extremely common and well understood surgery, obviously this was not a real number, but what the fuck
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
healthcare costs are an absurd kabuki theater between insurance and providers and no human being can possibly be expected to manage this shit
anyone who says otherwise is lying to you
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read this as "enraged citizen" and it didn't even give me pause
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
read this as "enraged citizen" and it didn't even give me pause
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My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Corgi is a free #UDL-based digital graphic organizer helping students think through complex science topics with clarity and support. Grateful to CAST authors Jenna W Gravel, Anne Marie Knokey, and Bryan Dean.
Read more: www.datiak12.io/teaching-lea...
Read more: www.datiak12.io/teaching-lea...
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Corgi is a free #UDL-based digital graphic organizer helping students think through complex science topics with clarity and support. Grateful to CAST authors Jenna W Gravel, Anne Marie Knokey, and Bryan Dean.
Read more: www.datiak12.io/teaching-lea...
Read more: www.datiak12.io/teaching-lea...
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extremely same
I’m enjoying the games and the drama, but I honestly believe if I was a real fan of either of these teams I’d be dead from a coronary.
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
extremely same
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a photo of Bowie in the classic Halloween arched black cat pose! #HappyHalloween #BlackCats #ProofOfCat early #Caturday
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a photo of Bowie in the classic Halloween arched black cat pose! #HappyHalloween #BlackCats #ProofOfCat early #Caturday
I’m about to go into a meeting & will be thinking of this thread instead of being disgruntled
Timeline cleanse: I present a series of photos of irritated animals
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m about to go into a meeting & will be thinking of this thread instead of being disgruntled
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Ticked off tortoise
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ticked off tortoise
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A visionary 😭
My 8yo told me she had a dream that she went "taco treating," which is where you go door to door and people give you tacos
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A visionary 😭
Great ISAAC session from Beth Poss & Mary Katherine Dally on building skills with building blocks. Great ideas about making blocks more accessible to everyone. And yes, I was building a microblock panda while I listened! #AugComm #AAC #BskySpeechies
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Great ISAAC session from Beth Poss & Mary Katherine Dally on building skills with building blocks. Great ideas about making blocks more accessible to everyone. And yes, I was building a microblock panda while I listened! #AugComm #AAC #BskySpeechies
The ISAAC conference keynote by @yesthattoo.bsky.social was 🔥👏🏻 yesterday. (Highly recommend watching when we get the video replay. Any chance of a transcript @isaacinternational.bsky.social ?) I missed the AM sessions today but looking forward to catching a few this PM. #AugComm #AAC #BskySpeechies
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The ISAAC conference keynote by @yesthattoo.bsky.social was 🔥👏🏻 yesterday. (Highly recommend watching when we get the video replay. Any chance of a transcript @isaacinternational.bsky.social ?) I missed the AM sessions today but looking forward to catching a few this PM. #AugComm #AAC #BskySpeechies
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Years ago when I was on SNAP (we called it Link) I would tutor my hairdresser's son in exchange for getting my hair done. I got my teeth cleaned at a student clinic for $10 IIRC and my nails done by a friend in the cosmetology program who always needed people to practice on. Community 101
It annoys me when people say “they’re on SNAP but their hair and nails are done and they’ve got tattoos”. It’s extremely normal to do your own hair and buy press on nails, and tattoos literally last forever. What do tattoos someone got 10 years ago have to do with them needing to eat now
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Years ago when I was on SNAP (we called it Link) I would tutor my hairdresser's son in exchange for getting my hair done. I got my teeth cleaned at a student clinic for $10 IIRC and my nails done by a friend in the cosmetology program who always needed people to practice on. Community 101
I subscribed initially because I wanted to support feminist journalism. I renewed because the writing is excellent & insightful (even when it’s about pop culture I haven’t experienced!) & I like talking about it with my friend who I gave the gift membership to.
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I subscribed initially because I wanted to support feminist journalism. I renewed because the writing is excellent & insightful (even when it’s about pop culture I haven’t experienced!) & I like talking about it with my friend who I gave the gift membership to.
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Great framing.
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Great framing.
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New blog post! October is AAC Acceptance Month. This month our blog is written by Lucas John, a student and AAC user. Check it out:
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/10/a-ty...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/10/a-ty...
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New blog post! October is AAC Acceptance Month. This month our blog is written by Lucas John, a student and AAC user. Check it out:
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/10/a-ty...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/10/a-ty...
I need another cocktail. The Memphis #Grizzlies have been so bad tonight that it took until 7:38 left in the 4th quarter before they scored the 86 points that the Miami Heat had in the first half. 😱
October 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I need another cocktail. The Memphis #Grizzlies have been so bad tonight that it took until 7:38 left in the 4th quarter before they scored the 86 points that the Miami Heat had in the first half. 😱
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I am giving the keynote for the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) virtual conference, October 27, during the opening ceremonies. That's 11am-12pm US Eastern time, and it's on Zoom.
This bit is free but needs you to register for specifically it.
This bit is free but needs you to register for specifically it.
ISAAC Virtual Conference 2025 Opening Ceremonies - ISAAC Conference
(See your converted local start time) Join ISAAC for the Virtual Conference 2025 Opening Ceremonies! It's free and open to everyone, members and non-members, but you must register in advance. Regist...
conference.isaac-online.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am giving the keynote for the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) virtual conference, October 27, during the opening ceremonies. That's 11am-12pm US Eastern time, and it's on Zoom.
This bit is free but needs you to register for specifically it.
This bit is free but needs you to register for specifically it.