Deviating from the "Standard"
from The Culture We Speak Hosted by Dionna Latimer-Hearn
In this episode of The Culture We Speak, I sit down with speech and language therapist and author Warda Farah to unpack what it really means to deviate from the so-called standard. Together, we examine the ways racism, linguicism, and dominant ideas about language shape speech and language therapy. We explore what happens when clinicians begin to question the systems they have been taught to uphold. We also discuss Warda’s book, White System, Black Therapist: Racism, Resistance and Reimagining Speech and Language Therapy, and consider what it means to resist deficit-based practices while imagining a different future for the profession. This conversation invites us to question not only whose cultural-linguistic practices are considered “standard,” but who benefits from the "standard" in the first place—and what becomes possible when we dare to deviate from it. Warda Farah is a multi-award-winning social entrepreneur, speech and language therapist, writer, and lecturer whose work bridges neurodiversity research and racial justice. She founded Language Waves to work in a culturally, linguistically, and neurodiversity affirming manner, and collaborates with teachers and schools to rethink received wisdom and developmental theories shaping education in the UK. Learn more about Warda Farah's work: Purchase her book: White System, Black Therapist: Racism, Resistance and Reimagining Speech and Language Therapy Portfolio of projects : https://vizzy.com/@wardafarah Research Website : https://www.entanglecollective.co.uk/
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