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Founder
The CREDIT Institute
AC (he/him) is an intersex/transgender SLP whose mission is to cultivate affirming clinical spaces for people of all neurotypes, races, genders, ages, religions, ethnicities, and (dis)abilities. He was a school SLP for almost 20 years prior to becoming a full-time consultant and continuing educator. Since 2017, AC’s given over 1,000 lectures in culturally responsive practices. His intersectional cultural responsiveness CE platform, The CREDIT Institute, is dedicated to increasing equity in health care and educational spaces. AC practices radical empathy. He's @transplaining and @CREDITsInstitute on Instagram.
Financial Disclosures: Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation; founder of Transplaining LLC and The CREDIT Institute Inc.; community partner with CHAT Life Changing Speech Therapy; contractor with Prismatic Speech Services.
Nonfinancial Disclosures: Founding member of the Trans Voice Initiative; topic area expert in gender for the Informed SLP; 2023 ASHA Convention Planning Committee Diversity Co-Chair; community advisory board overseeing research out of Boston University about the effects of exogenous testosterone therapy on communication in AFAB speakers; editorial board of the Journal of Communication Disorders