Bayou City Speech & Language

Julie Roberts has held the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association since 2000.

Over the course of her career, Julie has worked with children and adults across public schools, pediatric private practice, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, and geriatric care. She owned a private practice for more than a decade and later served in multi-state clinical education and national compliance leadership roles within the post-acute rehabilitation industry.

Julie is also an author, professional speaker, consultant, and educator. Her work focuses on evidence-based, relationship-centered, neurodiversity-affirming practice that respects communication differences, presumes competence, supports autonomy, and protects human dignity.

Her trainings encourage professionals to move away from compliance-based approaches and instead:

• build on each person’s strengths
• respect sensory and communication preferences
• honor neurodivergent ways of communicating and relating
• support authentic, robust communication
• protect self-determination and human rights
• reduce the risk of harm, coercion, and trauma

Julie writes frequently about disability rights, patient rights, ethical practice, and respectful approaches to therapy. Since 2018, her publications, articles and educational resources have been widely read and shared and are regularly cited in academic journals, professional presentations, trainings, articles, and educational materials.

At the center of Julie’s work is a simple belief: every person is entitled to communication access, dignity, autonomy, and equitable care.

Her speaking schedule can be found here.

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