Hat Talks

Autistic, ADHD, Semi-Speaking Speech & Language Therapist. Blogger and Neurodiversity Advocate.

27/07/2026

A huge thank you to all of our book contributors 🫶🏼📖🎉👏🏼 & to those who contributed anonymously as well!

(Part 1/3)

Our book is available to order now! 🤍

LivedExperience

26/06/2026

It’s official! Our book is now available!
Exploring Semi-Speaking as a Communication Identity 🥹

This is a HUGE achievement for me personally. As a little girl, I dreamt of being an author. Before I even considered a career in speech therapy, all I wanted to do was write. I’ve always made sense of my world through writing.

As a teenager, I was told that I shouldn’t pursue my dream to write or in journalism because it was too competitive, I would fail. I was told my writing style was confusing, I jumped between topics, made mistakes and went off on tangents (cue late in life ADHD discovery). I gave up on my dream.

At university, I struggled significantly with my mental health and my difficulties as an ADHDer became much more apparent. I couldn’t listen to a single lecture, was misunderstood constantly as not putting in enough effort, my output never reflected my potential. A placement told me to reconsider my career. I could see people write me off.

Then, I found my voice again when I was identified as autistic and to make sense of everything, I started to write again. I haven’t stopped since. I hope all those people who wrote me off see this book and eat their words. I’m so incredibly proud of myself achieving what I always knew I was meant to.

Here’s to never giving up on your dreams 🥹

24/06/2026

Here’s a snippet of some of my lived experiences that I share in mine and Kim’s new book 👀

📚🎉The book is available to pre-order now! 🎉📚

SpeechTherapy LivedExperience

17/06/2026

Here is an insight into some of my lived experiences that I share as a semi-speaking individual in our book🤍🧠

📖 The book is available to pre-order now 📖

SpeechTherapy LivedExperience

11/06/2026

🎉📖 Our new book is available to pre-order now! 📖🎉

SpeechTherapy LivedExperience

10/06/2026

📖 Our book is available to pre-order now!

Here is an insight into some of my lived experiences that I share as a semi-speaking individual.

SpeechTherapy LivedExperience

09/06/2026

Exploring Semi-Speaking as a Communication Identity is now available for pre-order! 🥳

Here’s what you can expect from the book:
- insight into the lived experience of people who identify as semi-speaking
- Supporting people to explore their communication identity
- Fact sheets and resources to better understand semi-speaking and information to share with others
- Exploring support for semi-speaking students, friends and family members
- Guidance on preparing and delivering a session focused on exploring communication identity
- And much more!

Kim and I are so proud of this resource and its commitment to bettering practice, listening to lived experience and providing community.

I can’t wait to hear what you have to say about the resource!

30/05/2026

I’m delighted to announce the arrival of and I’s book Exploring Semi-Speaking, an exploration of clinical practice and lived experience.

Kim and I have had this project in the works for a few years now and it’s so surreal that our work is finally out there. It’s exciting and equally scary!

The book outlines what semi-speaking is as an identity, lived experiences and real life examples, and a toolbox for supporting semi-speaking clients for us as Speech & Language Therapists/Pathologists. It’s not a rule book, it’s an invitation to collaborate.

We’ve been so honoured by such an incredible group of contributors, who have made the book what is it. Thank you all, your insights have made me feel so much less alone in my experiences!

You can pre-order our book on 9th June from Speechmark and it will be available from 29th June 🙌🏻

(Photo of me and Kim fake holding our new book because we hadn’t got our hands on it when we met up for the first time in Melbourne 😂)

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