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About Me!!

 I realized that I should clarify myself and the reason for this blog. As of this post, I am currently a second-year SLP graduate student studying at a CSU. I was inspired to create this blog as a place to document my journey as well as provide a place for my unique experiences as one of the first Iu Mien speech-language pathology students and future Mien SLP. I have met one other Mien SLP graduate student who also happens to be male, quite a shocker and unique demographic we have here (male, mien, slp)! I'm glad I will have someone to connect with and bounce ideas off of, additionally, the idea of being a "pioneer" within my culture is a bit of a frightening journey to take alone, so I am extremely grateful to have found a colleague in that matter as well.  As of now, my current interests are in the topics of AAC, neurodegenerative disorders, autism, and voice. My future aspirations would be to work in many fields such as hospice/palliate care, a school, and possibly a v...
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Iu Mien Communication Board

  Iu Mien Communication Board Link Here is a communication board created specifically for the Iu Mien population. This was actually part of a project for my AAC course in graduate school, where I had the option to create a customized communication board for a hypothetical client. One of the hypothetical scenarios I was given the choice to work with was a bilingual client. Naturally, I chose to use my second language and decided that this would be a great way to contribute to my community. I was then reminded of my deaf uncle, who never learned sign and was illiterate. I remember during every event how much he loved to communicate with the children and connect with family members through gesturing and holding their hands. He never had a consistent communication modality, besides gesturing and approximations of oral speech, therefore, only his immediate family members could communicate with him, but even then it would still be difficult.  When I told my mother about wanting to c...
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