NSA Connects Shaping Speech Therapy Journeys: Age, Experience, & Identity
Wed, Nov 12
|Virtual Event
Speech therapy definitely isn’t one-size-fits-all—learn how personal experience and identity make every journey unique.
Time & Location
Nov 12, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EST
Virtual Event
About the event
What shapes a person’s journey through speech therapy? In this NSA Connects, we’ll discuss how age, background, identity, and lived experience influence how people engage with therapy and its impact on their lives. Through a mix of research insights and personal narratives from people who stutter, this conversation will highlight the diverse experiences of therapy and discuss ways clinicians and communities can provide more supportive approaches.
Join the DEI Committee for a conversation about how identity and experience shape people’s paths in speech therapy and how we can work together to ensure therapy is supportive and empowering for everyone.
Meet your hosts:
Gabby Perez is the DEI Committee Leader and works with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on their State Supreme Court Initiative. A University of Chicago graduate and Fulbright teaching fellow, Gabby brings her lived experience as a person who stutters and her passion for disability rights to…
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