The Holistic Speech Path Podcast
In a rapidly evolving world, we began to challenge ourselves and the traditional norms of speech and language therapy, recognizing that it was no longer meeting the diverse needs of our clients.
This podcast is about moving beyond conventional medical models. We explore holistic, whole-child approaches while listening to and trusting each family’s lived experience.
The Holistic Speech Path Podcast
Telepathy and Spelling - And Hope Began
Many know Katie Asher as Houstons mom from the Telepathy Tapes. We had the honor of speaking to Katie and learning more about her entire journey from childhood to motherhood and everything in between. She is a single mother of five and fierce advocate for her son Houston and all other non-speakers with severe motor impairments. She is also the author of The Book of Heaven which led to her playing a key role in the award winning podcast The Telepathy Tapes. Houston was almost 22 years old before he had an opportunity to learn how to communicate. Before that day, when people would ask Katie what she wanted most in life she would shoot back, “I want to know my son! I want to know what he thinks and feels!” She shares in depth that the day their lives changed forever was when, after a few months of struggling on the letter boards, Houston was asked this question after a lesson on the history of the t-shirt. “If you could put any slogan on a t-shirt, what would it be?” and Houston slowly, letter by letter, spelled… I M I N H E R E.
And hope began. Katie's efforts are focused on dismantling institutions, policies, laws, and prejudices that have denied these ctiizens their legal and constitutional rights as well as dehumanized them. She holds this truth: " Unity can only happen after truth begets justice. Then love can win."
Follow Katie and Houstons journey on IG: @asherhousehope
Purchase Katie's book on Amazon here:
The Book of Heaven- a story of hope for the outcasts, the broken and those who lost faith.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1737898608?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_CBAWVRKBK99R635N8MWN&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_CBAWVRKBK99R635N8MWN&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_CBAWVRKBK99R635N8MWN&bestFormat=true
The Telepathy Tapes: https://thetelepathytapes.com/
Listen to the Telepathy Tapes on either Apple Podcast or Spotify
Watch the trailer of the upcoming film here:
https://thetelepathytapes.com/trailer
