Gender-Affirming Voice Care for Autistic Clients
with Ruchi Kapila
06/07/2023
In this episode we talk about the experience of trans and gender non-conforming Autistic people and their voices. Our guest, SLP Ruchi Kapila, has a really unique practice where they support their clients to use their voices in ways that feel authentic to them and their gender identity. But this episode isn’t just for SLP’s: the lessons about gender-affirming care are relevant to all of us supporting Autistic people.
Show Notes
Learn more from/about Ruchi (they/she) & their work:
- Kapila Voice and Speech Services (website); Instagram; Linktree (with additional relevant links)
- co-created and co-hosted a podcast with Asher Marron (they/them) called The Hyndsyte Project
- founding member and organizer of the Trans Voice Initiative
- Instagram; Facebook; Twitter
- Get involved/ways to support
- The team
- Oneida Chi (they/them)
- Jennifer Willow Cleary (zie/hir & she/her)
- Kevin Dorman (they/them) & their TEDTalk
- AC Goldberg (he/him)
- Two Sides of the Spectrum Episode, “Culturally Responsive Therapy: A Moral Imperative with AC Goldberg”
- Transformative Consulting (website)
- AC Goldberg has a Trans Voice Elective
- Instagram @transplaining
- Ry Pilchman (they/them)
- Crysta Song (they/she)
- Wynde Vastine (they/them)
- Tiffany Wu (she/they)
- Gender-affirming voice care and private practice related talk for the ASHA Private Practice Conference
Folks Ruchi’s learned from/referenced:
- Carl Rogers/Humanistic approach
- Rachel Dorsey, Caroline Gaddy, and Hillary Crow
- Alicia Heitzman, Jillian River Browy, et al’s article at Portland State University
More training opportunities:
- See TVI list, above
- self-guided modification or clinicians who want to learn about techniques:
- Liz Jackson Hearns’s The Voice Lab Inc & Thinkific courses on gender-affirming voice care.
- Renée Yoxon(Canadian based non-binary vocal coach)