Podcasts about Makaton

As more children need some form of augmentative and alternative communication, the use of Makaton is increasing. Rachel Makepeace, a Makaton tutor and Special Educational Needs (SEN) teacher, shares her experience of using Makaton to support children with speech, language and communication needs, as well as how Makaton has the potential to aid language development for all children.   Read Rachel's article here: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/what-is-makaton/   If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like: Why is my child not speaking yet? By Gillian Craig: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/why-is-my-child-not-speaking-yet/   Supporting behaviour: Reaction vs response by Cheryl Warren: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/supporting-behaviour-reaction-vs-response/   The power of play in the absence of language: Bridging language barriers for EAL children by Marlis Juerging-Coles: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/bridging-language-barriers-for-eal-children/   Episode break down: 00:00 – What is Makaton? 02:45 – Inclusivity and accessibility 03:45 – Rachel's journey to her current role 06:00 – Additional processing time 08:00 – Working with communities and service providers 08:50 – Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) 10:40 – How early can children learn Makaton? 14:00 – Is Makaton difficult to learn? 15:55 – Is Makaton the same as sign language? 17:50 – Varied Makaton training 20:00 – Training for parents and carers 22:00 – What age group is Makaton most suitable for? 24:00 – Makaton taster sessions For more episodes and articles visit The Voice of Early Childhood website: https://www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com  

Run it Red 110 is here - this one is a live recording of me playing in Mexico back in Easter, two hours of peak time cuts from my all-night session. Full tracklist is below (check out the labels/artists - show some love!) as usual! Hit the charity links if you can and support the labels and artists wherever you can. Charity Link: fanlink.tv/Charities Subscribe: >>> fanlink.tv/runitred Spotify Playlist: bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY Upcoming tour dates: bit.ly/BenSimsBIT BEN SIMS pres RUN IT RED 110. May 2024 (SC) 1. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Hicka. Truncate 2. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Rask. Symbolism 3. Makaton - 4 Point Suspension. Blueprint 4. Yant - Hydro 3. Blackaxon 5. Dynamic Forces - Modello Dodici. Symbolism 6. Dold - Cellar. Invite's Choice 7. Benales - Fleet. Construct Re-Form 8. Border One - Mind's Eye. SK_Eleven 9. Jeroen Search - Zero Day Exploit. Token 10. Mark Broom - Sound System. Beard Man 11. Robert Hood - Eleven. M-Plant *Edit 12. Ben Sims feat Blake Baxter - I Wanna Go Back. Drumcode 13. D.Dan - Pins and Needles. Summerpup 14. Raffaele Attanasio - Rukbat. MORD 15. Mark Broom - Things (Killa Productions Edit). Unreleased 16. Mark Broom - Hardgroove 4 Life (Ben Sims Remix). Beard Man 17. Mark Williams - Bring You Love (Ben Sims Edit). Hardgroove 18. Ben Sims - Unity. Hardgroove 19. ASSAILANTS - The Roller. Obscurity is Infinite 20. Benales - Cuphead. Construct Re-Form 21. Diego - Untitled. U-Turn 22. Fixon - Life Puzzle. Anoah 23. Paul Mac - Dry Run. Stimulus 24. Surgeon - La Real (Fixon Edit 2023). Unreleased 25. Truncate - Remember (V2). Hardgroove 26. Designer Music - No Control (Ben Sims Edit). Unreleased 27. Manuel Di Martino - 10247 (Gene Richards Jr Werk This Remix). Parallel41 28. Norbak - Mirante (Oscar Mulero Remix). Soma 29. Ritzi Lee - Impact. Symbolism 30. Ritzi Lee - Scaling Up. MORD 31. Dimi Angelis - Monkey on Juice. Key Vinyl 32. Raffaele Attanasio - Rough Surfaces pt. 2. MORD 33. Temudo - Rap Over This. Hayes 34. Staffan Linzatti and Jonas Kopp - CO.LAB 009 A. Tremix 35. Shinedoe - Shine (Ritzi Lee Remix). MTM 36. Shlomi Aber - The Untold. Be As One 37. Subradeon - We Are Still Struggling. Subradeon 38. Decka & Roseen - Redefine. Frameworks 39. Arnaud Le Texier - Panda Square. Children of Tomorrow 40. Ø [Phase] - Guesswork. Modwerks 41. Mark Broom - Central. Beard Man 42. Audio Units - Aristotelian Tradition (Ben Sims Remix). Mind Medizin 43. Anta - Real 13130 G's (Ben Sims Remix). Seclusion 44. Ben Sims - Control. LiveJam 45. Ben Sims - In The City (Ritzi Lee Special Edit). Unreleased 46. Underground Resistance - Belgian Resistance. World Power Alliance 47. Alexander Johansson & Mattias Fridell - Vinkelvolten. Symbolism 48. Stef Mendesidis - Unitled. Unreleased 49. Stef Mendesidis - Kraken. Vault 50. Border One - Fractal. Token 51. Nørbak - Your Heroes May Fail You. Dynamic Reflection 52. Rebecca Delle Piane - No Time For Fools. Symbolism 53. ASSAILANTS - Fracture 1. Obscurity is Infinite 54. Jeff Mills - Outsiders (Mark Broom Edit). Unreleased 55. Jeroen Search - Infinite Loop. Karma 56. Surgeon - Raw Trax 7. Dynamic Tension 57. Surgeon - Badger Redux. SRX 58. Steve Stoll - Model T. Novamute 59. Ritzi Lee - Control. MORD 60. Temudo - The Neuro Funk. Blueprint 61. Jeroen Search - The One. Figure 62. Audio Units - I'm Just All You Need. Mind Medizin 63. Jacom - Running Away (Mode 1 Remix). Newrhythmic 64. Hurdslenk - Futures. Hardgroove 65. Ken Ishii - Extra (Luke Slater Mix). R&S 66. Sven Väth - Butoh (Robert Hood Remix). Cocoon 67. Truncate - That Chord Again. Hardgroove 68. D.Dan - Covert Operation. LT 69. Joey Beltram - Oval. Tresor 70. Damon Wild & Function - Covert Operations (Temudo Reshape). Synewave

In this episode Charlotte speaks with Kaley, a parent who uses Makaton with her son. Kaley answers 3 frequently asked questions about Makaton and shares more about her personal experience using Makaton at home. Find more from Kaley at https://www.instagram.com/parents_who_makaton?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Learn more about Makaton at Home (makaton.org)

Jackie Celske was born in Chicago. Around the age of 4 she and her family including two siblings moved to just outside London England for her father's job. One pretty unique fact about Jackie's family is that her brother, one year younger than she, was born with autism. In one sense, due to the specifics of his situation, Jackie's brother Matt was fortunate as his diagnosis came when he was two years old. However, as with many children with disabilities, including me for that matter, Matt's and Jackie's parents were advised to send him to a home as he could never amount to anything. Jackie's parents rejected that advice. When the family moved to England Jackie went to a girls school and Matt was put in special segregated classes. Jackie's younger sister also was put in a different classroom environment. As Jackie will tell us, she flourished pretty well, but Matt did not. When Jackie was 14, the family moved to a small town in Illinois. For Matt it was a wonderful change because his aunt taught 5th grade and Matt was put into a much more integrated school environment. Life wasn't so great for Jackie. She experienced a brutal sexual assault while in her sophomore high school year. As she will explain, it really wasn't until the past two years that she was able to really move beyond that experience and heal. Jackie went to college and then secured employment. Jackie's degrees revolved around communications which clearly she demonstrates by how she and I interact. Jackie will tell you about her chronic illness that stemmed in part from her assault and how only through the use of an experimental treatment she seems to be in remission or cured. Jackie's latest major step on her life journey is that a month ago she left teaching in a higher education institution and started her own business, The Prose Co. She will tell you about her new marketing and PR agency. Be sure to check it out. By any standard, Jackie is unstoppable. Her story will be well worth your time. About the Guest: Having grown up in London, England with a sibling with Autism, Jackie Celske learned at a young age that the way we communicate matters. She believes the right words heal us, inspire us, and unite us. Most importantly, the right words - the right stories - have the power to change the world. Jackie has spent the last 13 years of her career providing professional marketing, communications, and PR services in industries spanning non-profit and healthcare to financial services, manufacturing, and higher education. No matter the field, she has always been inspired by the stories that highlight the people and purpose behind brands. Three weeks ago, this passion led her to leave her full-time job and start her own business titled The PROSE Co. On a mission to change the world with stories that get write to the heart of it, The PROSE Co. is a marketing communications agency specializing in creating compelling content that connects with your audience and helps you stand out from the crowd. Whether you need advertising and copywriting support, fund development strategies, social media and event management or team-building workshops (and more!), The PROSE Co. is a one-stop shop for all your branding and content needs. Jackie holds a master's degree in Public Relations and Digital Communication from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and Psychology from Augustana College. A relentless advocate for women and other survivors in her community, Jackie participates as a member and past president of Junior League of the Quad Cities, serves on the board of directors for Argrow's House, and sits on both the YWCA of the Quad Cities YES SHE CAN Advisory Committee and Family Resources Stewardship Committee. She also loves spending time learning and growing with her mentee through Lead(h)er. When she's not working, you can find her traveling the world, playing with her rescue doodle, or writing her next parody song. Ways to connect with Jackie: Here is a link to my LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinecelske/. Here is a link to my new business website, The PROSE Co.: https://theproseco.com Here is a link to my goFundMe for my experimental medical treatment. It lays out my story in more detail: https://www.gofundme.com/jackies-medical-treatment-expenses About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes **Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. **Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Welcome once again to unstoppable mindset. You know these are really fun things to do these episodes and getting a chance to meet so many people. Today I get to talk to a communications expert and a person who I've gotten to know a little bit since we started chatting and exchanging email several months ago, but Jackie Celske blew me away last week when she said I need to update my bio and all of that because I've just changed I quit my job. I've started my own company. And everything is now different. And I went okay, perfect. Exciting. No wonder we didn't do it before now. So Jackie, welcome to unstoppable mindset. **Jackie Celske ** 02:02 Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited for our conversation today. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 02:06 we are as well. And I certainly hope our audience is going to be as excited as I am. But let's start with the younger Jackie, you grew up in London. Were you born in England and then grew up or what? **Jackie Celske ** 02:20 No, I actually was born in Chicago, Illinois. Good place. Yes. My well, great other than Chicago sports. I'm a Wisconsin sports fan, ironically. **Michael Hingson ** 02:31 But Wisconsin doesn't have Garrett Popcorn. Oh, that **Jackie Celske ** 02:35 is true. That is true. It's a hard. Ooh, toss up there. Yeah, I didn't spend a lot of time in Chicago. I'm the oldest of three. We my parents had three kids and three years. So we are all really close in age. And thanks to them and their adventurous spirit. They believed that moving halfway across the world with three kids under five and one who was newly diagnosed with autism was a fantastic I DIA and adventure. So there we were, we went from Chicago to just south of London. Actually, we were about 30 minutes outside of the city in the country. And I spent the majority of my formative years there. We were there for almost a decade. So I grew up in all girls school school uniforms. I promise I did have a really great British accent back in the day. I've unfortunately, lost it, which makes my story a lot less cool. But we you could go back and get it. I could you know, it's hard to fake. Sometimes it comes out naturally, but I can't force it. Yeah. I've realized that the hard way. It sounds really silly if I tried to just make it be. **Michael Hingson ** 03:45 So you go ahead. So you you live there until you're but probably close to 15 or so. Yeah, **Jackie Celske ** 03:51 closer to 14. So I moved back to the states, middle of junior high. So talk about shock to the system. And we actually we did not move back to Chicago. So my relatives were all in a very small farming community in Western Illinois. So we moved to the small farming town in the middle of my junior high years. And, you know, I went from all girls school to boys in the classroom who were riding their tractors to school and everybody looking exactly the same. And the whole town being pretty much made up of about five different families. So completely opposite experiences. But I haven't ventured too far from that little community since we moved back. So I now live about 45 minutes 15 minutes north of that little town and have made this area my home since then. **Michael Hingson ** 04:44 So what kind of work did your parents do when you're growing up that cause them to move to England and then back and so on? **Jackie Celske ** 04:54 Yeah, great question. My, you know, we always get asked if my dad is in the military, he was Not he actually worked in finance. So in Chicago, he worked on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange floor and was a stock, an options trader. And so I always forget exactly which job opportunity it was that took him over there. But I think he was offered a originally a one year opportunity to work for a bank, over in the UK, and we went for the year and then my parents just really loved it and ended up staying a lot longer. **Michael Hingson ** 05:28 What's not to love and what a great adventure. It **Jackie Celske ** 05:32 sure was, you know, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love England, I still try to go back about once a year. I've got a lot of great friends over there. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 05:40 and I'm glad that you, you have friends, you have people that you know, and that you have those memories, and you keep building on them, which is which is really great. But when he moved or when they moved back and brought you are back to the States, was he still doing finance or what did he do? When you guys moved to the little town in Illinois? What town? Was it? **Jackie Celske ** 06:03 The name of the town is Alito **Michael Hingson ** 06:05 Lido. Okay. Yeah. So when you move to Alito, what, what did he do? So **Jackie Celske ** 06:11 at my dad actually quit the work that he was doing at the time. So it was we moved in the year 2000, which, you know, if you're familiar with the stock market, trading floors were becoming obsolete at that time, the, that whole industry was completely changing. So I think my dad was ahead of the curve there a little bit and saw that coming and decided, you know, we just need to make a change. And so and in addition to his job changes, I have a younger sibling with autism. My brother Matt, who is just the coolest person I've ever met, and Matt was in a special school for kids with autism over in the UK, their special education system is drastically different than what we're used to here in the US. And so the conversation opened up to, you know, do we move back here and potentially explore transitioning Matt into mainstream school. And that was how we identified Alito as the place to go, I had an aunt, who at the time was a fifth grade teacher, and Matt would have been going into fifth grade that year. And we decided as a family that it made a lot of sense to help him through that transition with somebody he knows and, you know, familiar family member. And so I think those two things combined lots of things changing in my dad's career and world and just the needs of our unique family. **Michael Hingson ** 07:39 So what did he go into for a career? **Jackie Celske ** 07:43 Oh, golly, that could be a whole other podcast interview. He's, if you think my announcement last week was a shock. My dad's been all over. I think I get a little bit of that from him. But he ended up actually becoming mayor of our little town Alito, for a while while I was in high school. And that took us on a host of other adventures. The Lido actually has a sister city in Spain, a lado Spain and so we were able to go over there and they treated us like we were the president of the United States. It was just the coolest trip of all time, from little dinky Alito, Illinois, but so he he was in politics and local government for a while. He has started a few different businesses. I guess kind of there's been a running theme in the construction world. So he has since now moved to Florida, and received his general contractor's license. So he's running a business down there building really beautiful homes in the southwest area of Florida. **Michael Hingson ** 08:48 And your mom. Yeah, **Jackie Celske ** 08:50 my mom. So my mom while we were growing up was actually a stay at home mom, with everything going on with my brother. She was just the champion for us kids growing up. And in England, the school system is different also. So we had three kids go into three different schools in our lives were just pretty chaotic over there. And then when we moved back here, my mom ended up in higher education. So she actually has her doctorate in instructional design. And so she is is really into all things training and does a lot of advocacy work and she now since they moved to Florida works for their amazing church and their community. We're in Florida today. They are in Cape Coral, which is right next to Fort Myers, right. Okay. **Michael Hingson ** 09:40 I was in Fort Myers speaking a few years ago it's been three or four years but it was a good time of year it wasn't too hot and to humans, so **Jackie Celske ** 09:49 I kept roughly when it's not too hot. **Michael Hingson ** 09:53 Yeah, when the book when the bugs have decided that it's not the great weather it is a lovely place in a good time to be there. **Jackie Celske ** 09:59 Yes. It is I always say I have great vacation spots. Thanks to my family. I've got family in Florida and family in Nashville, Tennessee area. **Michael Hingson ** 10:07 And friends in London and yes, exactly. I **Jackie Celske ** 10:10 know there. You're right. Yes, exactly. **Michael Hingson ** 10:13 So for you, so you have a brother and as your other sibling, a brother or sister, **Jackie Celske ** 10:19 my youngest sibling is a sister. **Michael Hingson ** 10:21 So you have a sister and a brother. That's pretty cool. **Jackie Celske ** 10:23 I know best of both worlds, one of each. And we are all very close. We call ourselves the Celski trio. So my poor brother in law is trying to assimilate into that club, most of his life, and he puts up with us pretty well. We all have our challenges. Yes, yes, for sure. What **Michael Hingson ** 10:41 was it like when you move back to the US as a young teenager in terms of assimilating back into the culture of the US as opposed to what you had experienced in England, **Jackie Celske ** 10:51 it was incredibly difficult. So if you can imagine I had a very noticeable British accent. I had never been, you know, I had a brother, but I had a brother with autism and special needs. And so my experience around boys for preteen boys was very minimal. And the educational system in the UK is drastically different as well, they're a little bit advanced in some ways. So they start school sooner. So I was actually a couple of grades ahead, book wise, if you want to say it that way. But maturity level was the same as any other kid my age. So my parents, you know, what I'm thankful for this did decide to keep me in the grade level for my age, instead of accelerating my education in high school at age, you know, 13 or 14, being too early or too young for that. So I was able to at least hang out with kids my age, but it just was incredibly difficult to be in a place where I stood out so much, I remember we moved in August of that year of so right before the school year started, by Christmas, I had a completely a complete American accent, I just forced myself to change my outward identity very quickly, because it made it difficult for people to see me as me, I just, I was too different. You know, and I think, that experience at an early age. And now also, in my adult years, seeing how I'm treated differently in both countries, when I appear as either American or British. You know, I remember what it's like to be in England as a Brit, and how people treat you and now how they treat me as an American tourist when I go and same here. And so I think I just became hyper aware at a young age that about this, the concept of identity, and this idea of communication and the way we interact with each other and why that matters. And it also happened to be at the forefront of social media and instant messaging. And so I was kind of in the middle of this first wave of digital communication, which was amazing, I was able to stay in touch with some of my friends in England, but I was also being introduced to some of that cyber bullying and that anonymous kind of attack. And it was really easy for people to, you know, have negative comments, or essentially just pick on me as a young kid for what I sounded like, or what I looked like, or the things that I wanted to wear. And you know, I had grown up with school uniforms. So I had no idea. I had no concept of cool clothing I didn't, I had to figure out a whole different way to really express outwardly who I was as a person. And I remember being so excited about my first day of school and Aledo wearing this glittery butterfly shirt that I picked out at Walmart and I had no idea that you absolutely do not buy your shirts from Walmart as a 13 year old kid. So it just was all downhill from there. It was a really, for me, it was incredibly challenging. And I think I struggled a lot more than both of my siblings after talking to them about their experience. They just seemed to assimilate a little bit quicker because they were younger. And some of those preteen cultural norms hadn't really started for them yet. **Michael Hingson ** 14:36 Now you move back, you said in 2000. Yes. Okay. So what immediately comes to mind, I want to come back and talk about Matt a little bit in a sec. But one of the things that must have been in ways you look back on it fascinating, although I don't know whether that be the right word to use or not is. So the next year of course, September 11 happened What was that like? So you and all the folks in Lido? Oh **Jackie Celske ** 15:03 gosh, yeah, that's a great question. I just remember being very scared. You know, we, my parents are very proud Americans and did. As much as I became a very British child, I was also a very proud American child who just happened to live in the UK. So, I mean, we celebrated Fourth of July and Thanksgiving and things over there that are a little bit frowned upon for the typical Brits. But you know, I did have a very lot of pride about being American, even at that age. And despite the fact that I grew up in a different country. And so I think I shared similar emotions, as many of the people in our town and in some ways, I almost think that United that little community a lot more than it had ever been, or at least for a really long time, because that was just one moment in history. I remember us all being the same. United Yes, yes. **Michael Hingson ** 16:12 We're, we're a mirror Americans, generally well respected and, and welcomed, let's say pre 2000 wings, do you think **Jackie Celske ** 16:23 I, you know, in my case, I was a child. So it's a little bit harder to know, for sure. I mean, our friends over there in the UK, were they just welcomed us with open arms. And I had a very positive experience being American over there. I think the area in which we lived was also, it's just very common to have what we would probably call transplant families. So our group of friends were all families who had moved from other countries. And so we were all in some ways, going through the same experiences together, and sharing in those learning curves, or, you know, celebrating our heritage and things together, which was really special. And then moving to small town, Illinois, completely different. There was nobody had really ever left that city, it was almost the opposite. So new people didn't come in and people didn't leave. And so from my experience, and where we just happen to live in the UK, I always had a very positive. **Michael Hingson ** 17:30 Well, I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why I asked the question. The one of my salespeople who I hired why I always say as the best sales guy ever hired, when we were doing product trainings for him at the time, and quantum wasn't international company, the blast, best place for him to go to get the media training to be able to start to really sell or, and he had actually been selling for a while. But then the training opportunity came along was London. So he went over and visited the quantum folks in London. And whenever he would go to a bar, he was a sports guy. So he liked to go to sports bars and stuff. But if he went into a bar, and they discovered they had a Yank in their midst, he said, I was treated like royalty everywhere I went. And, and so you know, I'm curious. And the reason for thinking about all of this was, Do you think that's changed a lot over the years that, that it's any different or people still, probably whatever they were about the same as they were before in terms of dealing with Americans and all that. I mean, our world has just gotten so crazy in so many different ways. I'm just curious to get your perceptions on internationally or in England, if things are different than they used to be, do you think? Yeah, **Jackie Celske ** 18:58 I would say yes. A resounding yes. I mean, I feel the differences when I go over and visit. And you know, I'm obviously very familiar with where I'm going, when I'm over there. I'm not necessarily going as a tourist, I'm going most of the time just to visit people and maybe go back to my favorite places. But I tend to perceive that the Brits think we are just kind of arrogant and annoying and would prefer we just kind of get out of the way and not be there a lot of the times and so with my friend group over there, it's just a running joke and especially with the political climate of our current politics, so yes, that definitely, I think contributes to it. I mean, I will say the last election, my I had several friends saying we're just over here eating our bowl of popcorn watching the US like it's a movie right now. So it's almost as if they don't take us too seriously. But I do think There is respect for the independent lifestyle that we live in some of the autonomy we have in, in our culture over here that they don't always experience over in the UK or in Europe in general. And vice versa, I've learned, I've developed a very deep respect for the way that they value work life balance, that we don't get right here, in my personal opinion. So I agree. Yeah, I think I have the luxury of having exposure to both sides and getting to understand what is really great about both countries, and not everybody gets to experience it that way. **Michael Hingson ** 20:43 So what is it? What would you say the work life balance is like over there as opposed to here? **Jackie Celske ** 20:50 Very healthy, they just value relationships and people in a different way, in my opinion, I they get a lot more time off work, they are nobody there is overworked, which I think can be perceived as almost laziness, sometimes to us. But you know, there's nobody getting physically and mentally unwell from work. I mean, I'm sure there are I shouldn't make extreme claims like that. But the cases of you know, mental health concerns from work or physical. You know, well being issues and concerns that can come from overly stressed workloads, they just don't seem to have that same experience there. And my friends are just always traveling always on vacation, they typically work shorter work weeks, they get much more time off with their kids. You know, both both the women and men getting up to a year off when, after giving birth. A lot more quality time with the people that are important to you. And I, in my opinion, that's really what life is about. You **Michael Hingson ** 22:05 traveled much to other places other than just London or England into other parts of Europe. **Jackie Celske ** 22:10 I have Yeah, I have. And I think you know, it's not true across the entirety. But I've been to probably 10 or more other countries, so. And a lot of my friends from the UK actually live all across the world now too. So I kind of get their indirect experience from the new places that they've moved to as well. Maybe **Michael Hingson ** 22:34 you think about the whole thing that's been in the news occasionally, over the past few months about the whole issue in France, where they want to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. That's gotten pretty violent. **Jackie Celske ** 22:49 Yes, it has. Yeah. And I don't know what I don't know if I have a specific personal opinion yet. I think I'm still forming that myself. Every I don't. And I also am not as familiar with France as I would be with the UK and how that's all structured. But gosh, yeah, it's just in Europe is interesting, because similar to the US, when you think about how different all of our states are, you know, that's what it's like over there, it's just on a more extreme level, you're not just crossing a border to another state, you're crossing a border to a different world, almost, they speak a completely different language and have completely different cultural norms. And so, within a matter of, you know, hours, you can be in a completely different place that just where people don't think like you act like you talk like you. And that's something that I don't think Americans can really even fathom unless they've left the US, or **Michael Hingson ** 23:48 they don't spend enough time thinking about the possibility. That's the case. And as a result, they're less prone and think, in large part, to understand it. And I know for me, I have a hard time understanding the whole issue of just so you're moving from 62 to 64 is the minimum retirement age. Why is it so violent, but at the same time, I also realize that's a marked difference for them. And it's no different than with anyone else. A lot of times, no matter what we say we really don't like a lot of change. No, **Jackie Celske ** 24:30 I know humans don't really appreciate change. We certainly do. Yeah. Yes, yeah, it's the change is hard. Change is very hard. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 24:41 Well, tell me a little bit more about growing up with math that had to have some influence in shaping your life and your outlooks and so on. Having a brother who has autism, what was that like? **Jackie Celske ** 24:54 Yeah, you know, I actually think Matt helped me find My life, passion and my life's work. So his specific diagnosis, I think when he was about two or three, in the early 90s was a time when people didn't really understand autism much at all. And so my mom will recount the doctor saying, you know, your son is going to be institutionalized, and he's never going to do any of the things that you think he's going to be able to do. And my mom just looked at them in the eye and said, No, you're wrong. And **Michael Hingson ** 25:34 where have I heard that story? We'll see, same thing my parents did. Yeah, **Jackie Celske ** 25:40 I remember that. When we first connected I remember you sharing something similar and the power in those words, man when I think about it now. Thank God for my mom. Right. I mean, Matt was very behind at when we were in the UK, he, like I said, he went to a school for children with autism, and most of them were nonverbal. So Matt was developing very slowly, he was nonverbal for quite a while, and then when he did begin to speak, it didn't, you know, it didn't often make a lot of sense, we used a what they call over there Makaton sign language to communicate with him. We had a very, I would love to see one of these now. But we had almost like a digital tablet, from the 90s that had pictures on it. So he could press things that he wanted to, you know, if he wanted french fries that day or something, but he had a lot of the just stereotypical repetitive behaviors. He was incredibly tactfully defensive. And so you couldn't even touch him with the tip of your finger without him screaming. And so my mom, she dedicated her a solid 1015 years of her life, to just care for my brother and find the best resources for him. I mean, she would brush his body with a hairbrush several times a day, she would take him to the movie theater and train him on how to adapt to the overstimulation of the loud sound. You know, we laugh about it now that Matt would only eat Mcdonald's chicken nuggets, we would go to McDonald's and buy like 4020 packs of nuggets and have a freezer full of those chicken nuggets for years. That's all guity. And by he started to show these just magnificent gifts. And one of them was his ability to understand directions. So we would go on a road trip as a family, we'd come home, and before he could even really speak, he would take printer paper, lay it out on the floor. And he would to scale draw out and map out the trip that we had just taken. And I remember, as he began to communicate verbally a little bit more, I remember him just randomly saying things like, oh, you know, there was 34,000 dotted yellow lines on that street that we just drove by. It just hit the way that his brain worked, he would memorize the TV Guide. You know, most people don't remember having TV guys, but you know, those giant thick books that would tell you everything that's on the TV for the month on every channel. And Matt would memorize that. And we could ask him, you know, next next week on Saturday, what is on at 8pm on these three channels, and he would know, he just had a photographic memory. So he could read Yes, he could read. Yes. So he started to to show abilities in his communication that I think were being stunted at the school that he was at. And that was kind of the catalyst for my parents in their decision to you know, he's never going to be pushed and challenged in the way that he needs to be unless he is surrounded by all types of kids, not just kids who have autism. And we need to find a way to get them into mainstream schooling. And so they don't do that. As far as I know, at least in the region we were at in the UK, they that wasn't an option for him with his diagnosis. So moving to Alito, he transitioned at first into fifth grade with my aunt as his teacher and he had a full time aide. And, you know, I remember I remember I was just saying he was tactfully defensive as a child and you couldn't hug him. You couldn't touch him. Well, by the time he was a senior in high school, he was an AB student with no aid, a varsity wrestler. He was the lead in the school musical and just an all around stellar, teenage kid just have All the things that a kid should be doing, you know, you're **Michael Hingson ** 30:03 absolutely right. He needed to be in that environment just stimulating. Yeah. Yeah, it was the musical. **Jackie Celske ** 30:11 He was in well, he was in the musical every year, but he was guest on and Beauty and the Beast. Oh, okay. And he did a great job. He did a wonderful job. **Michael Hingson ** 30:21 Even though he didn't get the girl in the end. No. **Jackie Celske ** 30:23 And he played the wizard and the Wizard of Oz as well, trying to think which other ones but he he would always be in the talent shows. And yeah, he's got perfect pitch is another just wonderful gift with his autism. So his musical talent is just absolutely phenomenal. And he went on to get a four year college degree, and he is just a lovely young man. Now he get a major in music business. Makes sense? Yes. Yes. He's not doing that professionally right now. But he has a lot of interests in that field still. So on the side, he and I dabble in kind of writing songs and making little music videos and mashups, and things just for fun, as well, right? **Michael Hingson ** 31:12 Well, you, you obviously had a lot of challenges to overcome and moving back and just being a teenager and going through all the things that you did, much less Matt, but Matt sounds like, as I would describe it a whole lot more of a blessing than, than a lot of people might think. And so yeah, he had autism. And so what, he's come through it, you've come through it, and it's made a whole big difference in your life and how you look at things, which is really cool. So what kinds of did well have challenges or what major things happen to you personally, as a teenager, and in school, and and growing up? Once you move back? **Jackie Celske ** 31:55 Yeah, I, I mentioned that, you know, Matt helped me identify this curiosity, I would say about communication and words and stories. And, you know, one thing that was really challenging for me moving back to the states, coming from the education system that I was in, I gravitated towards older groups. So as a freshman in high school, for example, my core group of friends were all of the seniors. And that just felt more natural to me, that's kind of at the level I had been at in school in the UK. And so I was hanging out with kids that were just probably too old for me at 13 and 14 years old, and getting exposed to things at too young of an age, not that kid should be exposed to anything bad as a teenager, but just hanging with the crowd that I shouldn't have been with yet. And unfortunately, as a sophomore in high school, I found myself at a party with some friends and was we still don't know a lot of the details about that event. But I remember waking up, away from the party away from my friends, I had been drugged with something and was very brutally sexually assaulted that evening by multiple people who know me and knew me well enough to drop me off at my house at the end of the evening. **Michael Hingson ** 33:25 Even though they did what they did, yes, **Jackie Celske ** 33:27 yes. And so that for me, that was the turning point in my life. And I honestly would say I would say, I'm not sure I've, I really even began to fully wholly heal from that until about a year or two ago. It just changed the trajectory of, of everything for me. And the first time I talked to an adult about it, you know, the words were basically, I don't believe you. And you know, I talked about the power of words. I mean, those words changed the trajectory of the next several years for me as well. And so I found myself pretty shortly after that event, just having really extreme physical medical challenges that were unexplainable. I was at the doctor all the time, I was getting sick all the time. And it wasn't until I was 19 when I had a part of my intestines collapsed, so I needed a pretty immediate surgery. And the doctor asked my mom to leave the room. And it was that doctor who actually asked, all right, what has happened here because we don't see internal damage like this. In somebody or age and less. There's been a lot of trauma. And that was the first time I really started opening up so that had been three years. **Michael Hingson ** 34:56 What were your parents thinking or thoughts about it? So **Jackie Celske ** 35:00 I, my mom knew a little bit, my dad actually did not even know me. I never shared it with him until I was in my 20s it was a very difficult thing for me to talk about. And I, like I said, when I started to speak up, it was not well received, I was not getting the support I needed, I was not given access to resources to heal and get help. And so that just really shut me down. And my coping mechanism was to just, you know, get involved in everything in school and be tried to be the perfect student and the perfect teenager and the perfect big sister and I just distracted myself with all of those things in life, and my physical health became such a distraction, honestly, that I didn't understand the connection between the mental health aspect of what I had gone through, and how that was impacting my body, on a physical level for many, many years, and my family was amazing at supporting me and getting the help I needed physically. But we just didn't connect the dots for a really long time. And it took a lot of really hard years and multiple surgeries and multiple doctor visits and trips to different medical systems to really figure that out. **Michael Hingson ** 36:33 And I would imagine no more parties for Jackie for a while. No, **Jackie Celske ** 36:37 no. Yeah, it was. It, you know, in some ways, I remember every detail of the event. And in some ways, I don't it's, they I've learned now that that's really common for sexual assault and trauma survivors to remember very specific details, but not the actual moment of the. So I've written a lot about that and spoken a lot on that. As part of just my advocacy and awareness, **Michael Hingson ** 37:07 and your healing, yes to talking about it helps. And I mean, I, it's not my place to make you just talk a lot about it. But talking about that kind of thing, or whatever goes on in your life always has to help. I know that. And I love to say this that I chose to let people interview me after September 11. And I believe that I did so much better by allowing the media to come into our home and ask me questions, because I got to ask all sorts of questions, some even really intelligent questions, but a lot of questions just about September 11, and anything you could possibly imagine. And occasionally, even now, I'll get a question that I have been asked before, but it doesn't happen very often. But still talking about it was the best thing. **Jackie Celske ** 38:00 Yeah, it's I, I'm a big advocate for either writing or, or verbally talking through your story. For me, support groups. And that kind of community was the best way for me to do that. Because I could sit in a room. And if I didn't feel like speaking, there was still someone next to me, who had a similar lived experience and their words often helped me process, what was going on in my brain. And you know, maybe they were at a different stage of that processing than I was. And so listening and learning from what worked with other for other people, was a huge healing step for me. And that's why I'm just such a big advocate for stories and words. Now, I mean, words are so powerful. And the stories we tell are so powerful, and they're, they're what bring us together. They're what, you know, we said at the beginning, it's what unites us it it's what makes us better, more self aware human beings. And we just go about the world as better people that way. And **Michael Hingson ** 39:07 I'm a firm believer that everyone has a story to tell. And sometimes people save when we discuss them coming on the podcast. Oh, my story isn't interesting. It's just like everybody else. And I said, No cheer story. And sometimes they'll not want to come on. They just don't want to get past that. But I've been blessed that lots of people do come on and tell their stories. And the reality is everyone's story is different. And my job is to help people communicate and tell their story and help to inspire because I think that most of us could be a whole lot more unstoppable than we think we can and I mean that in a very positive way in stories help that. **Jackie Celske ** 39:46 I 100% agree and honestly, that was what made me really excited to be on your podcast because I have not written a book. I have not founded a nonprofit. I have not On on to transform this trauma into something above and beyond, I have just learned how to find my own purpose in it, how to heal so that I am the best version of myself. And I just choose to, you know, use it as part of the one chapter in how I got to who Jackie is today. And I haven't done anything more than that with it. And I think that's an equally important for people to hear. Because you know, there are people out there doing amazing things from the trauma that they've experienced in life. But it's also amazing, to just keep going, and to survive through it and to be on the other side of it. And to keep learning about yourself and learning about what helps you feel better, and how to help other people feel better, that is equally amazing and powerful. So it's not about what you do to change the world. You know, in a big grandiose way we can change the world, in our own small ways every single day when we choose to take care of ourselves. **Michael Hingson ** 41:13 And amazing is such a sometimes overly used word. And the fact is, what you just said is absolutely correct. It doesn't need to be that amazing as well. Because you go out and you speak and you do all sorts of different things to tell the world about what you do or don't do. Ultimately, it's how you feel it's in your brain that really matters in the fact that you're able to move forward. And also, I think it's it's good that you recognize that, that it's really how you approach it and how you feel with it. And that the amazing part is that you do it. And it's something that we all ought to learn a lot more about, and grow to understand. Yeah, **Jackie Celske ** 41:57 I think so too. I've listened to several of your guests, interviews, as well. And I've learned a lot from their perspective and experiences to on just different resources or different tips and tricks on you know how to minimize stress or how to focus on, you know, I listened to I think it was Jennifer's interview that was a day or two ago. And I also tried EMDR. And I was listening to her experience with EMDR. And how it was it was different from mine. And that was really interesting to me to just know that we both benefited from it for different reasons. And, and she goes and shares that as a resource to other people. And I do the same. And so it's those small moments of exchange in those small stories, I think that are the most impactful. **Michael Hingson ** 42:42 Yeah, I talked with someone just yesterday about sound wellness and how different sounds affects us. And what affects some of us one way with a particular sound or set of sounds is totally different to someone else. Like I'm not a great fan of heavy metal, and that kind of music. But some other people are. And that's okay. I can appreciate it. It is still whether I like to think so or not. Heavy Metal is music, and I appreciate that it's music. It's different than what I like, but that's okay. **Jackie Celske ** 43:18 Yeah, exactly. We just need to be okay with it being okay. Right. That's, that's the lesson I think **Michael Hingson ** 43:25 I haven't really totally come to grips of thinking that rap is music in the same way that heavy metal and other kinds of music or music because it's so much more talking. And yes, there's a there's music in the background. But the main part of it isn't necessarily singing. But that may be me. And it may be that the definition of music is just changing from what it used to be. But I'm, I'm still working on that. **Jackie Celske ** 43:50 Well, you'll have to hang out with me a little bit more because I like to write parody rap songs for fun. I've been known to do a surprise parody rap speech or for internal communications, messaging it at work or something, I will dress up and help communicate a message in a very unique and memorable way just for fun. And so I think, you know, I've never been a fan of rap myself. But getting to put a little jakie twist on it like that has made me appreciate it and have a lot of fun with it. **Michael Hingson ** 44:22 I think rap is absolutely an art form. I'm just not sure that I would classify it as music. I think it's an art form. It's a wonderful art form. I've listened to some rap, you know, rap songs or rap music or whatever you want to call it. And clearly the people are very intelligent. They're talking about their life experiences, and are doing it in a very articulate way. So I think it's an art form. I'm just not sure I put it in the category of music as such. **Jackie Celske ** 44:50 And that's where words matter, right? Whether it's music at all. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 44:58 It does. Well, you been through a lot? What kind of advice would you give to someone who's maybe been through some of the kinds of things that you have? Whether they've gotten the support or not? What would you encourage people to do to help them move through some of this stuff a little bit more effectively? **Jackie Celske ** 45:14 Yeah, that's an excellent question. I think, to me, it always depends on where you're at in your journey. I think if you are actively surviving something really hard, right? Now, then, first and foremost, you need to take care of yourself, and you need to sleep and you need to eat well, and you need to get some exercise and all the basic foundational things to just keep yourself well. And give your body and your mind the best chance at making it through the challenge ahead of you. I think if you are somebody who is, you know, maybe a little bit further along the journey, and just wants to continue healing and continue growing, I am a huge believer in practicing gratitude. And, you know, again, I think somebody recently on your podcast was talking about morning and evening routines and making intentional time in the day to stop and just appreciate the good that is happening around you. However small or however big. I'm a huge believer in the power of humor, I think the ability to laugh at ourselves is what humbles us, it's what makes stories and human connection a little bit more approachable when we talk about hard subjects like this. So, you know, for me, I battled this autoimmune disease for almost 20 years after that sexual assault that I really am only just now, realizing what that is, and what that means. But one of the organs that was significantly affected was my bladder. And so I genuinely used to pee my pants, quite often, I used to have accidents at work or in professional settings. And I just had to laugh about it. And it, it became something that, you know, my friends and peers and co workers could ask about because it was I made it a safe thing to talk about. And when I had an implant put on my spinal cord to help regulate some of those issues. I named him Pedro. So that when I started talking about Pedro, people would say, well, who's Pedro, and then it would open a conversation, right, so that I could approach really tough subjects. But, you know, I love I love the power of humor, and jokes. And so if you think about the word humor, and humility that both of those words, actually the origin is the same, and it comes from humanity. So when you want to go back to the power of words, you know, those are two powerful words right there. It's what our shared human experience is all about. So and then I guess, ultimately, I would always encourage people to just find ways to mitigate and control and minimize your stress. If I've learned anything, in the last couple of years, or even the last couple of weeks, with some of the big life changes I made, it's that the energy you surround yourself with is really important. Whether that's the people or your work environment, your home and where you live, just making sure that you're creating happy spaces for yourself and safe spaces for you to be yourself where you can be vulnerable. When you need to be when you can be authentic, and your true self and your best self. I think that is really important. **Michael Hingson ** 48:38 You went off to college, and you learned a lot about communications, and certainly learned a lot about how to interact with people. And that certainly has to help shape some of your thinking. But you you have come a long way in in your, your journey in terms of getting better and improving and so on. But you You keep saying especially in the last couple of years, how come so much so quickly lately? **Jackie Celske ** 49:07 Yeah, great question as it again, probably a podcast interview all on, its on its own, but I can shorten it to the best of my ability. So early in 2022. Actually, my medical condition was deteriorating really quickly. So I mentioned I had what we understood to be at the time, actually a neurological disease. So for about 20 years, my doctors were suggesting that I had something wrong with my nervous system. And we were treating it as such. So I would have days where my legs would not work or certain organs would be shutting down for no reason, no apparent reason and it wasn't until early 2022 I just became so sick and so unwell that my doctors here locally who had seen me for about 16 years, threw their hands up in the air and we're out of ideas and I did not know what the next step was going to be. So I decided to quit my job here in Iowa, I moved to Florida where to be with my family. And I just prayed that I would find a new doctor down there who might have a different idea. And man did I get lucky I was at such a point of desperation I had, I've found one doctor down there, we tried a couple additional surgeries. So I had two surgeries and 2022. And the implant that I had on my spinal cord was replaced in hopes that that would maybe make a difference. It did not. And so I found myself calling doctors to try to have organs removed. I mean, I was at a very desperate level, just not well, and I came across an article in a medical journal, about a woman who sounded very similar to me. And she was claiming that she had been cured by this doctor by this experimental treatment. And so I called their office completely in tears. And he, I understood him to be a leukemia doctor, so he specialized in bone marrow transplants, and I just thought, you know, he's not going to see me, I don't have cancer, this isn't going to work out. And to my surprise, they, he and his receptionist are both from the UK, ironically. And we just bonded over the phone about that. And they said, You know what, come on, in we, we would love to speak with you. So I drove about three and a half hours to the other side of the state of Florida and met with his team. And he was able to do some testing on my immune system. It was the first time in about 20 years that any doctor had identified on paper, what was actually wrong with me. So my immune system had been so severely damaged from all of the trauma and all of the stress that my body had been under for the last two decades, that it had aged to the point of, you know, I should have been about 90 to 100 years old with what the data was showing. So all of the illnesses I was acquiring inside my body had nowhere to go, my body wasn't fighting them. And then those, that bacteria that those viruses were living in my nervous system, which is what was causing all of the physical symptoms I was experiencing. So he offered to try the experimental treatment. But you know, obviously, we couldn't guarantee it would work. But it was a combination of infusions and injections for multiple weeks at a time. So I would get a PICC line put into my arm, similar to chemotherapy type treatment. And I was all on board. The only challenge in my way was that, of course, insurance did not cover it. And it was going to be a crazy expense for me and my family. And we decided, You know what, let's just tell Jackie's story. And let's see what happens. And this just beautiful community was formed around me sharing my story, and we were able to raise, I think we're up to about $45,000 in my GoFundMe, my friends back home hosted a benefit for me, and we raised another 10 or so $1,000 to help me pay for that first round of treatment, which cost a little over 80,000 the first time. And that was the biggest blessing I could have ever asked for because I came out of that treatment with almost all of the damage to my immune system reversed. And unfortunately, we just we couldn't do any more at the time financially. So I was feeling a lot better, I decided to move back home. And what we found was that because we didn't complete the entirety of the treatment, I just continued to regress after moving back home. So earlier in 2023, March, I went back down and we completed another round and we extended it this time. So I had to take a second mortgage out on my house to make that happen and you know, make a big gamble on myself, but it paid off because going for that extra amount of treatment, we were able to hopefully knock on wood permanently reverse the damage in my immune system. And it has so far cured me of almost all of the physical impairments that I had been battling for about 20 years. **Michael Hingson ** 54:28 On top of everything else you decided to go off and start your own business and quit what you're doing before What were you doing and what did you quit? Yeah, 54:37 I did. So I like I said I was kind of in and out. I went from Iowa to Florida. I went to Florida over the last year and a half and so I moved back to Iowa for a while and started a job in higher education. discovered pretty quickly that that just was not for me. The particular culture of the place that I worked was a I'm very toxic and very unhealthy. And I started to develop stress and do seizures and other symptoms that were, you know, a clear sign that my body was not going to be well in this environment. And so I, in talking to my family and loved ones, I remember saying, you know, everyone was encouraging me to leave, I kept thinking, wow, that looks bad, I've been putting jobs right and left, I'm not sticking around anywhere very long. I don't have a plan B. And somebody just said, Well, you have to be alive to have a plan B. There you go. And it was those words, again, going back to the power of words, that convinced me that I just, I needed to make a change, and I would figure it out. And so that's what I did. I went in and quit pretty much the next day. A couple days later, I incorporated my own LLC, the PROSE, CO, and PROSE, which means written and spoken language. And I started my own communications and marketing firm. And now I'm a month into that, actually, this week will be an official month of full entrepreneurship. And I have already, you know, replaced my full time job income. And I'm already doing full time work with a host of different clients, wonderful, awesome clients that believe in me and chose to take this leap with me. So it's been an exciting couple of months. **Michael Hingson ** 56:28 That is really exciting. And so what what are you doing for customers now? Exactly? Yeah, 56:36 great question. So I chose the PROSE CO. A, because PROSE stands for basically communication. But PROSE is also an acronym for the different services that I provide. So P would be promotional communications, which was everything from website content, advertising and events. Are stands for relational communications. So for my nonprofit clients, that's a lot of fundraising and stewardship strategy. For others. It's more public and media relations. O stands for organizational. So that's all things internal communications, from newsletters to change management, we laughed earlier about how difficult changes, helping to navigate that for some of our clients from a messaging standpoint, S is social media. So I do a lot of social media management, community management. And I love analytics. So diving into digital analytics is kind of my my thing. And then E stands for executive. So anything that we we call it transformational or inspirational. So I do everything from speech writing, to strategic planning, and brand strategy workshops. And I keep saying there's just a giant plus sign on the end of that too, because already in my short month, I've had a lot of custom projects pop up that weren't in that original scope that I had designed or imagined. So it's just kind of ever evolving right now. But mainly, you know, the miss the mission of the Prosecco is to change the world through stories. That's what I want to do. And anything that's going to help tell a client's brand story and help engage their clients in a way that goes beyond just creating a positive affinity towards that brand. But transforming that into some sort of action and change that's going to move that mission forward is really ultimately what my goal is with this company. **Michael Hingson ** 58:32 And you certainly have done something major to get rid of a lot of stress over which you don't have any control over, you're going to have challenges because you're going to have deadlines, and you're going to have people who want different things. But you are the one who set that up, which makes it just so much better than stress in an office environment where as you said, it can be very toxic. **Jackie Celske ** 58:56 Yes, it sure does. I, you know, it's a little bit more, there's new challenges, right, which is kind of the fun of it. But it's I'm asking myself silly things like do I want to just wear pajamas today? Or do I want to put normal pants on and go to the coffee shop, but it's it's a little bit of a different level of stress. But, you know, ultimately, I I want to provide the top quality service to clients that I can. And I'm very fortunate to have a great network, the community that I live in, where there's several other freelancers. And we've all started partnering together so that we can still provide a full service agency experience, just at a lesser cost for clients essentially without that overhead. So it really does feel community and team driven, which is not what I was expecting branching off on my own. I thought I would be giving that part up and it almost feels like I've gained more of that than I had before. And it also feels like we're really solving problems and we're really meeting a need in our commune. Any that maybe wasn't there before. So it's, it's exciting to be a part of it. **Michael Hingson ** 1:00:03 That is super cool if people want to reach out to you and learn more about pros CO and maybe, hopefully work with you and use your services and so on, how do they do that? And how do they reach out to you and learn more about you, I 1:00:16 would love for people to reach out and just connect at a minimum share your stories doesn't have to be for business purposes, formally, but my website is the proseco.com I keep joking that it's basically the prosecco.com without the extra c, because I do love my Prosecco and wine. So it's a good fit. But there's a contact form on there. If folks want to reach out and just get connected there. They can also email me info at the pros wcco.com Or feel free to look me up on social media. I'm, I'm on most of them. And I'm Jackie Celske, I think I'm the only one in the world. So I'm pretty easy to find whether that's a good thing or bad thing. So selfkey is spelled C E L, S K E. **Michael Hingson ** 1:01:02 So its J A C K I E C E L S K E. Yes, perfect. Well, this has been absolutely wonderful. And I am so glad that we finally made connections. And if you want to come back on in the future, and continue the discussion and tell more of the story, whether you write a book or not, we're glad to have you come back on but I bet one of these days you'll decide to sit down and write it or find someone to help write a book and and help inspire other people. But whatever you do, you've already done such amazing stuff. And you've been so committed to making it happen. And that's as good as anybody could ask for. So I really appreciate you being on and giving us so much of your time. Well, **Jackie Celske ** 1:01:47 thank you so much. I think yeah, I've surprised myself in the last few weeks and months for sure. So who knows, I might surprise myself and do something like that one day, we'll **Michael Hingson ** 1:01:57 see. If you want to talk about it ever. Don't hesitate to reach out. **Jackie Celske ** 1:02:01 I thank you very much. And thank you for the platform and opportunity to just be part of this community that you're building. It's it's been really special to me. So thank you. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 1:02:09 this has been fun. Well, I hope that you've enjoyed listening to us and that you enjoyed everything that Jackie had to say I'd love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out you can email me, Michaelhi m i c h a e l h i accessibe A C C E S S I B E.com. Or go to or and go to our website, www dot Michael hingson H i n g s o n.com/podcast. Check out more episodes if you're new. And if you've heard a bunch you can always go find them there easily anyway, we really appreciate it. Wherever you're listening, please give us a five star rating. We all do appreciate that. And we do really want to hear your thoughts. And Jackie for you and all of you listening if you know of anyone else who we ought to have as a guest on unstoppable mindset, bring them on, we'd love to hear from other people. And we'd love to bring more people on and help inspire and motivate all of us because that's really what it's all about, and having fun. So you can't do better than that. But Jackie, once more. I want to thank you for being on and hope we can do this again.  **Jackie Celske ** 1:03:15 I would love that. Thank you so much.  **Michael Hingson ** 1:03:20 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. 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Abby and Katie discuss the fantastic British Series, Catastrophe. Please note that this episode contains explicit material and strong language, both of which this series served up in spades to honestly portray marriage whilst raising young kids. Which episode will be the favorite child this week? Let's get to it.Rob Delaney's CBeeBies Bed time story, signed in Makaton, can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrVRRdHsfUMHere's the This American Life episode Katie mentioned: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/699/fiascoYou can find the 1993 short film That Sunday,  which Minnie Driver and Alan Cumming appeared in together here: https://www.alancumming.com/1993/2015/5/26/that-sundayDid we get it right or wrong? Drop us an email at mustseeIMDB@gmail.com and tell us all about it.

Marie Halpin, BSc (Hons), CertMRCSLT, HCPC, a Senior Speech and Language Therapist in Ireland, joins host Sara MacIntyre, M.A., CCC-SLP, to discuss effectively working with autistic individuals who also stutter (stammer). Marie walks us through terminology and emphasizes the importance of language and the words we use within therapy. She explores neurodiversity affirming zones of practice as foundational to our work, the importance of learning and taking the lead from the autistic community, and general considerations for best supporting autistic clients in a total communication, strength-based manner. Finally,  Marie discusses Palin PCI considerations when working with autistic children, as well as walking us through a research study (linked below). Article discussed:'Palin parent-child interaction therapy with children with autism spectrum disorder and stuttering' in the Journal of Communication Disorders, 2022.Resources mentioned:Recent Virtual Learning  by Stuttering Foundation,  'Working with Young Autistic Children who Stutter' with Gemma ClarkeStammering Plus training at MPCMarie on Twitter @MariechalpinThe Therapist Neurodiversity CollectiveThe Autistic Self Advocacy NetworkEm Hammond @Neurowild_, Elaine McGreevy, Emily Price (Lee)Divergent PerspectivesMarie Halpin has over 11 years of experience working as a SLT. She has a wealth of expertise working with children and young people in health, education and specialist services. Her areas of clinical expertise include Autism and Stammering, and with a particular interest in neurodivergent-affirming support. Her background includes a number of specialist SLT roles in the UK,  which lead to being trained in a range of related therapies, including LevelUp Energy Meters, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction, TalkingMats, SCERTS, Hanen More Than Words and TalkAbility, Makaton, Lámh etc. This role included working within an integrated neurodevelopmental autism diagnostic team, delivering therapy within mainstream schools and autism classes/special schools, as well as delivering trainings to families, school staff and other professionals. She also worked as a specialist at the Michael Palin Centre for many years. This involved specialist consultations and clinical work with children, young people and their families. She is trained in a wide range of therapies for people who stammer, including Palin PCI, Family Communication Skills Therapy, The Lidcocmbe Programme, The Camperdown Program, CBT, ACT, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy etc. Marie regularly presents training on the intersectionality of autism and stammering and has co-authored research on autism and stammering, as well as having contributed to other related publications. She developed and continues to deliver the training ‘Stammering Plus' which runs at the MPC since May 2019, and she has presented on this at international levels, including at the Oxford Dysfluency Conference 2021. In recent years, Marie has been working in Ireland, leading on national training for teachers related to SLCN and provision of sustained in-school support to build capacity of education staff in supporting all students (implementing universal design for learning). She continues to work in Ireland in 

Latest up from Spoken Label (Author / Artist / Poet Podcast) features the wonderful Kay Channon. Kay Channon is a PhD Student. Her research focuses on re-telling The Hunger Games using the social, personal, and political issues she encountered during Covid 19. She is also a Disability Arts Online blogger and qualified University Lecturer. She has a passion for philosophy and is a published Poet. Her debut poetry collection The Dark Side of Light was published in 2017. Some of her poems have also appeared in Online Magazines, such as the London Progressive Journal and I am not a silent poet. She is also a trained Makaton Signer and is currently taking online classes to gain a level One British Sign Language award. Outside of her PhD, she reads children's literature as an Ambassador for Inclusive Minds. This company connects with publishers to seek guidance from those living with disabilities in order to provide a healthy and more accurate reading experience for younger people. Last year she was engaged in webinars with the NHS to raise awareness around complex health conditions and improve patient care. Useful links: 1. Kay's disability arts online blog: https://disabilityarts.online/blog/author/kay-channon/ 2. One of Kay's latest poems: https://londonprogressivejournal.com/2022/09/02/division/ 3. Kay's YouTube channel: (for Makaton signing and my Hunger Games film that have premiered so far with and without subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClb5z-wkw4KLuBWveZ_AOcQ

Needing to use sign language can be very isolating for a child and they are often excluded from natural conversation. The use of signing (both BSL and Makaton) has increased in popularity, but are we using this tool to its maximum effect for children with language and communication needs?  Sarah Billingham joins Dale in this episode ‘Should everyone learn to sign?' and highlights that a great deal of time and emphasis is spent teaching modern foreign languages, but how much time is spent teaching children how to communicate with peers that have communication needs? Are we equipping them for all of the interactions they may have as adults?  Some schools and settings are doing a great job of introducing signing to support basic communication but are not embedding this across the setting. This therefore limits some of the communication and social opportunities for the children in their settings. Listen to hear Sarah emphasize the need to change cultures in schools so that signing is seen as a more integral part of learning and how everyone can benefit. About Sarah Billingham Sarah Billingham is a specialist teacher, she runs Confident Kids, a unique Early Years service. She equips parents, carers and practitioners with expert knowledge and the practical tools they need to offer their little people the very best communication support they can. Sarah has been working with children with speech and language needs for over 16 years in mainstream and specialist settings. Contact Sarah Billingham Website - www.confidentkids.co Email - sarah@confidentkids.co Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConfidentTransitions https://www.facebook.com/confidentkids.co Useful Links https://makaton.org/   B Squared Website – www.bsquared.co.uk Meeting with Dale to find out about B Squared - https://calendly.com/b-squared-team/overview-of-b-squared-sendcast Email Dale – dale@bsquared.co.uk Subscribe to the SENDcast - https://www.thesendcast.com/subscribe

Santa's Grottos are taking place all over Courier Country, but for one of them Santa has learnt Makaton. Schools and families team leader Cheryl Peebles has all the details. Your essential daily news briefing for Tayside and Fife, presented by Maria Gran.

On this week's episode we explore the accessible language programme Makaton and how it can be used in a faith setting with the awesome Becky, Makaton Tutor.

EPIC MW. Music: Disabled musicians. Arts: Accessibility and video games. Life: Alton Towers training staff in Makaton.

Have you ever played the "guess what my child is wanting game?" They point at something because they want it and you can't work out what it is and before you know if they have descended into a category 10 tantrum. The frustration that our little people can experience with not being able to express their needs or wants can be next level stressful. Today, I'm so excited to be chatting with Hallie Pearson. She's a Mum and speech-language therapist based in Otago. Hallie shared communication strategies that work well when talking to a baby under 1. She recommends if you want to start using sign language try Makaton https://makaton.org.nz Hallie explains how to develop toddler language from single words to phrases. She shares some great advice about dummy use during the day. She gives ideas for you to try next time if you find your toddler is getting frustrated when they can't communicate what they need or want. I know there can be a lot of worry about whether our kids are keeping up when it comes to their language development, so Hallie and I chatted about how to know if we should ask for help from a speech-language therapist. For more great parenting tips follow our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/looloostorenz/ The show notes for this episode are at: https://looloo.co.nz/blogs/news/toddler-talk You can find Hallie here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shoutspeechlanguagetherapy Instagram: shout_speechie Website: https://www.shout-speech.co.nz/

Picard packs in the action with new ships, old friends, and more winking than you might reasonably expect from a Starfleet officer. Writer, editor, podcaster and mensch Dave Bradley offsets our chaotic vibe with some actual insightful commentary, and we have no chill whatsoever. Engage! Links Dave Bradley on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoxDaveB Hear more Dave on Robby The Robot's Waiting https://twitter.com/robbyscifi SFX's world exclusive Picard cover – hang it in your room! https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-magazines/6937139/sfx-magazine-single-issue.thtml All about Makaton signing http://makaton.org Thursday Murder Club https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Richard-Osman/The-Thursday-Murder-Club--The-Record-Breaking-Sunday-Time/25344910 Arrival leaves Netflix UK 31 March! https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80117799 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/howpicard/message

Mae'n dipyn o naid o Tipyn o Stâd a Rownd a Rownd, i rannau yn operâu sebon Coronation Street ac Emmerdale. A phwy sy'n cofio'r grŵp merched Pheena? Wel y gantores ond erbyn hyn, yr actores Ceri Bostock yw fy ngwraig gwadd wythnos hon. Pleser oedd cael clywed am ei bywyd gyda Pheena, ac am ei siwrnai fel actores. Ac yn ogystal â hynny, ei phenderfyniad i actio, ei dewis i ddysgu techneg Makaton a'i phrofiad yn dysgu Cymraeg ar ôl symud i Ogledd Cymru o Firmingham! Diolch i Iwan John am fod ar y bennod ddiwethaf.

In this week's podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Al Start. Al is a singer-songwriter who specialises in music for children and schools through her company Go Kid Music. Al has worked with children through creative art organisations and local authority play services. Al has also toured the UK and East Coast USA performing her music. There are different types of sign language, British sign language or BSL is the primary language used for deaf people, and less than 1 in 10 people in the UK know more than two words in British Sign Language. There is also Makaton tht uses symbols sign and speech to support communication. Sign language isn't always an alternative to speech, it can be used to support speech. Why use signing in your school? How can you introduce it to all students? How can your staff learn? Why is it important? Visual communication methods such as Makaton support spoken language and help everyone understand. Many schools do not use signing, some do but only in a class with a child with send, but there is evidence to show kinaesthetic learning is your secret weapon as well as being inclusive, fun, creative, supportive, respectful and beautiful! Resources: https://www.singup.org/ Songbooks published by Collins Music: “Sing! Play! Learn! with Go Kid Music” Topic songs for KS1 & KS2 Contact Al Start: Website: Go Kid Music Twitter: @gokidmusic Facebook: facebook.com/gokidmusic

Listen in as Kristin speaks with Adam Millichip about how he assists his autistic students navigate podcasting as a way to increase their research & communication skills and gain confidence in the process. Adam Millichip, a primary school teacher, at the Tettenhall Wood Special School. Tettenhall Wood Special School is a school in Wolverhampton, England. He has taught in special needs schools for over 8 years. Licensed by the National Autistic Society, he assists in their Teen Life Parent programme, and is on the journey to become a qualified Makaton tutor. He is also the physical education and sport instructor at Tettenhall Wood Special School as he is passionate about giving children the opportunity to participate in regular sport and physical activity. His parents work with special needs children, and he has a family member with Autism. https://www.podpage.com/tws-sports-podcast/https://www.tettenhallwoodschool.org.uk/

Even though we are plagued with technical issues, we still soldier on. This week we talk about racism in football, the England performance in Euro 2020, marshmallows, chip spice and Marmite and we welcome our very special guest - a former CFWPod Hero of the Week - Kevin Bryers from Team Beatson who has achieved so much for charity football in such a short time.

We talk with Makaton song music maker Melody Signs about using Makaton in the classroom and Al Targett, Secondary Science Teacher, about the differences between Primary and Secondary schools.

Radwa Eltanab chats with Ben about how she went from a parent seeking services overseas for her autistic child to becoming the first certified behaviour analyst in Egypt. Radwa Eltanab shares the great need for behaviour analytic services in Egypt and the barriers to accessing those services as well as some of the great work she's done to bring behaviour analysis to her country including a 40 hour Registered Behaviour Technician program entirely in Arabic.   Continuing Education Units (CEUs): https://cbiconsultants.com/shop   Show Notes: Florida Institute of Technology ABA Program: https://www.fit.edu/aba-online   The Sage Colleges: https://www.sage.edu/academics/programs/applied-behavior-analysis-and-autism  The Hanen Centre: http://www.hanen.org/Programs/For-Parents/More-Than-Words.aspx   Makaton: https://makaton.org/TMC/About_Makaton/What_is_Makaton.aspx   ABA Egypt Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120988791658083   ABA Egypt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjC3MVdJ86ULLq3xNpk94dA   International Behavior Analysis Organization: https://theibao.com; https://theibao.com/professional_advisory_board   Andrew Houvouras: https://abatechnologies.com/about-us/our-team/andrew-houvouras   Josh Pritchard: https://jkpanalysts.com/about-us   Jon Bailey: https://psy.fsu.edu/faculty/baileyj/bailey.dp.php   Michael Mueller: mmueller@theibao.com  

Les tricoteurs d'histoires #20 – Ami-Ami de Rascal et Girel Editions Ecole des loisirs / 2002« Dans une jolie vallée vivaient sans se connaître un gentil petit lapin et un grand méchant loup.Le gentil petit lapin habitait tout en bas de la vallée dans une petite maison blanche. Le grand méchant loup habitait tout en haut de la vallée dans une grande maison noire. »Les tricoteurs d'histoires vous proposent pour cette 20ème histoire un livre qui a reçu le prix sorcières en 2003. Nous avons voulu vous concocter une histoire audio comme de coutume, combinée à une version vidéo qui sera inclusive : une double lecture avec de la narration « classique » avec l'accompagnement de Solange qui signe l'histoire et l'affichage de pictogrammes Makaton. Vous trouverez donc dans les rôles : - Angélique (@angel_maman_nounou sur Instagram) que je remercie beaucoup et sans qui cette collaboration ne se serait possible, dans le rôle du petit Lapin blanc- Magali (@lassmatbadass sur Instagram) dans le rôle de la narratrice- Solange (@kiwiecat_parlonsavecanouk) dans le rôle de la narratrice-bis pour la partie signée- ainsi que moi-même dans le rôle du grand méchant loupMerci infiniment aux participantes pour leur patience, leur motivation et d'avoir donné de leur temps.Nous espérons que cette histoire qui a été traitée de manière singulière vous plaira autant qu'elle a été intéressante à mettre en place. Cette histoire c'est aussi et avant tout l'occasion de parler du sujet du handicap et notamment de celui d'Anouk, la fille de Solange donc, qui est atteinte du syndrome de skraban-deardorff.Je vous recommande fortement de la suivre ou tout du moins de connaître son histoire.Je remercie également Mme Anne Dollon Palluel, l'orthophoniste d'Anouk, pour sa réactivité.Vous trouverez un article rassemblant les histoires (audio et vidéo) sur le blog.LIEN DE LA VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aupfmh3X-Q

Jules and Ben chat with Jannah Hayah about learning Makaton with her son, Musa, how communication is not just about words, and what adults need to remember when working with children with Downs Syndrome. If you enjoy these podcasts from the Education Team at Tapestry, make sure to subscribe to be notified when we post new episodes. For more information on Tapestry please visit our website or contact us by email: https://tapestry.info/index.html customer.service@eyfs.info Twitter: @Tapestry_FSF Intro Song: Rising Spirits Music by Jay Man - OurMusicBox http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox

Today, I have the pleasure of talking with 15 year Isabella Signs who teaches the world sign language with her brother Lucas aged 8, who has Down Syndrome, her sister Indiana aged 7 and her brother Alexander aged 11 who has Cerebral Palsy. Isabella, started learning Makaton at 11 years old when Lucas was 3 years old. All of his friends were talking but he wasn't. She really wanted to communicate and bond with Lucas so she made it her mission to be able to do so. Since then her life has never been the same. One day, Isabella started signing to Rockabye by Clean Bandit with Lucas and a friend's child who also has Down Syndrome, and her mum filmed it and put it on Facebook and it got 30K views. That was the start of Isabella signs. Teaching the world to sign, one sign at a time. Isabella now has over 180,000 followers across all her platforms. Isabella talks about > Her journey > What people at school thought > How she gets celebrities involved > Her projects > Her mission. Plus so much more Tune in now to hear Isabella's inspiring story! https://www.isabellasigns.com/ Please share/tag this post. Help me to serve more people. Are you looking for a mentor or coach. Send me a DM or email.

In this fifth episode Ginny Grant begins by introducing the show and providing context about herself and Reframing Autism. Ginny introduces Tigger Pritchard, who is an Autistic advocate, trainer and consultant,. Tigger has devoted the past thirty years to working with neurodivergent individuals in many capacities. He consults to individuals, families and organisations, sharing his extensive skills, knowledge and lived experience. Tigger is the longest-serving Makaton (keyword sign) tutor in the United Kingdom. He's also involved with the National Autistic Society in the county of Cornwall. And he runs the Facebook page The Autistic Coffee Shop with Tigger Pritchard, as well as an Instagram account and YouTube channel. In the conversation, Tigger reflects on his late identification, having only discovered his Autistic identity at the age of 55. Tigger discusses his deep passion for "the world of Autism". Tigger also talks about the pathological demand avoidance profile (PDA), how it presents and how it is frequently misunderstood. Finally, Tigger discusses his volunteer role with the National Autistic Society in Cornwall and his broader advocacy work. He talks about what drives his advocacy, including his passion for reframing the narrative around Autism and PDA. 

Get to know what Makaton is and why it is so widely used within the SEND community. Using Makaton within church settings can present rather unique challenges, thankfully Becky set about solving those!

New Techno Podcast with the full tracklist. Please support the artists listed in this Podcast especially during this hard time. U.D.W.[r] is a collective, we are and will stay anonymous, we want to share what we believe to be good music with no barriers of genres/styles. Do not hesitate to contact us if you need any info. (@underwear-records) Thanks for listening and sharing! > Beatrice Dillon (@beatricedillon) - Face B [Where To Now? - 2015] Abstract Souls (@robertobosco) - Abstract Subway [Stroboscopic Artefacts - 2010] Leonel Castillo (@leonelcastillo) - El Niño [Greener Records - 2009] Feral (@thisisferal) - West Cliff [Hypnus Records - 2018] RHR (@rhrmusic) - 2303 [OMNIDISC - 2019] Nocow (@nocow) - Atoner [REKIDS - 2018] Voiski (@voiski) - Bloodthirsty Romantic Shark [L.I.E.S. Records - 2014] Abdulla Rashim (@anthonylinell) - A Shell Of Speed [Northern Electronics - 2015] Von Grall (@bvongrall) - Cycles [Semantica Records - 2018] Consoless (@consoless) - 22EC_55 [Reaktivate - 2013] Lucy (@lucy) - 201 Phasing (Chris Liebing Triple Bell Edit) [CLR - 2013] Shifted (@shifted) - Persistence Of Vision [Avian - 2016] Aurora Halal (@itsallhalal) - Eternal Blue (Wata Igarashi Crossing Remix) [Mutual Dreaming Recordings - 2019] Manent (@manent-official) - Assioma 1 (Refracted Remix) [Unità Psicofisica - 2018] Andrejko (@andrejkomusic) & Subjected (@subjected) - WEGA [Subjected Systems - 2018] Daniel Boon (@danielboon) - Me Too [Neuhain Recordings - 2020] Head Dress (@head_dress) - Haymaker [Granulart Recordings - 2018] Pjotr G (@pjotrg) - False Truth [Planet Rhythm Records - 2016] Makaton (@makaton) - We Believe [Blueprint - 2017] Dean J. Grenier (@deangrenier) - Privacy Policy [Turbo - 2019] Jonas Kopp (@jonas-kopp) - Akut [Pole Recordings - 2016] Re:Axis (@re_axis) - Galactica [Planet Rhythm Records - 2015] Diego Amura (@diegoamura) - Automa [MindTrip Music - 2017] SHDW (@shdw-music) - Zurück Ins Licht [Dynamic Reflection - 2018] Ricardo Garduno (@ricardogardunomusic) - I Never Was A Pleasant Being [Prophet - 2020] LSD (@lsd-label) - Process 12 [LSD - 2020] Kwartz (@kwartz) - Otzi B1 [Silex Device - 2017] Moses (IN)– Whats The Occasion [Be As One Imprint - 2019] FAÏG (@faigmusic) - Azore [Off Recordings - 2019] Allan Nonamaka (@allannonamaka) - 03 (Sleeparchive Edit) [Sleeparchive - 2016] Mass-X-Odus - Slumlord [aufnahme + wiedergabe - 2018] Matt Ess (@m4ttess82) & Lucas Wirth (@lucaswirth_cze) - Acid Milk (A.Paul & Dkult Remix)[Naked Lunch - 2019] Remco Beekwilder (@remco-beekwilder) - 90's Mayhem [TVMG - 2020] Emmanuel Top (@emmanueltop) - Acid Phase [541 - 2005] The Montini Experience II (@housetrap) - Astrosyn (Long Version) [Nitric - 1995]

OUTER DIMENSION PREMIERE 112 Track Title: @claudioprc - Śūnya Album Title: Seven Years Of Delirium - VA Label: @libernullberlin Format: Limited Box Set USB & Digital Release Date: December 21st, 2020 About the release: Liber Null is celebrating seven years of existence, creativity, and delirium! Loyal to the concept of ‘Magick’ rituals and with a deeply ideological approach towards darkness and the chaos in performance arts, the interdisciplinary collective prepares a very limited release of USB metallic vessels in a special box, including an anniversary booklet with photography by Natalia Evelyn Bencicova. In order to address the Liber Null experience, we selected 40 artists who performed at our events over the years. We value each and every collaboration and are thankful to have collaborated with an endless amount of sorceries from all eras and corners of the globe. The hope to inspire even more creatures to dig for the occult is reassured by this meaningful journey crafted by those who we consider as masters of Magick. 13th Moon, 3.14, AN-I, ANFS, Aktion Mutante, Alekzandra, Alessandro Adriani, Artik, Blakk Harbor, Blush Response, Cardinal And Nun, Celldöd, Claudio PRC, Common Poetry, D. Carbone & Ascion, Geistform, Grim, Honzo, Impure Secretion, Kaoganai, Mace., Maenad Veyl, Makaton, Mogano, Marc Ash, Monica Hits The Ground, NGLY, O/H, Ontal, Operant, OTHR, Phase Fatale, Rell, Sirio Gry J, SSSS, Teatro Satanico, Tomohiko Sagae, VSK, Violet Poison, Unhuman, Zanias. Enter the Delirium, enter Liber Null. Follow Claudio PRC here: www.soundcloud.com/claudioprc www.claudioprc.com www.claudioprc.bandcamp.com/music www.facebook.com/ClaudioPRC www.instagram.com/claudioprc Follow Liber Null here: www.libernullberlin.com https://libernullde.bandcamp.com/music www.soundcloud.com/libernullberlin www.facebook.com/LiberNullBerlin www.instagram.com/libernullberlin OUTER DIMENSION www.soundcloud.com/outerdimension www.instagram.com/outerdimension www.facebook.com/OUTERDIMENSION www.formaviva.com/outer-dimension Premiere Requests, Infos & Promos outerdimension.au@gmail.com

Happy Monday everyone! For our third episode installment, we will be discussing the disadvantages of Makaton and PECS. We hope you enjoy it and we'll see you in December!

In 1985 a group of anonymous female artists in New York began dressing up with gorilla masks on their heads and putting up fly-posters around the city's museums and galleries. We hear from two of the original Guerrilla Girls, who launched a campaign to demand greater representation for women and minorities in the art world. Also on the programme, the rarely heard voices of Africans who were forced to take sides in WW1; how Pluto lost its status as a planet, the invention of a revolutionary sign language, Makaton, in the 1970s, and changing 20th century theories of child rearing. PHOTO: Some of the Guerrilla Girls in 1990 (Getty Images)

In the 1970s, British speech therapist Margaret Walker invented a revolutionary system of communication for children and adults with special needs. Makaton uses simple signs to reinforce spoken speech and make it easier for people with learning difficulties to understand the meaning. Makaton is now used by millions of people in around 40 countries around the world; it helps everyone from children with Down’s Syndrome to pensioners with dementia. Margaret Walker talks to Simon Watts. PHOTO: A Makaton user (credit: The Makaton Charity)

Hello everyone! For this week's episode we dive into the Why and How of Makaton and PECS. Next week we'll post the third and final part of this episode.   Thank you for listening!

Happy Monday! This month we will be discussing and comparing Makaton and PECS as communication methods. We had so much to say that this episode will have 3 parts!   Thank you for listenning!

In this episode we discuss AMJ moving next door to a graveyard, Thomas the Tank Engine almost killing AMJ, an ex-boyfriend getting petty revenge and we think about an elephant using Makaton. Plus the pizza shop that got robbed, AMJ being a wrestler, how storks carry babies and how much is a tooth worth nowadays.Paul reviews the film 'Food Fight' this week and he isn't very impressed..... at all. Also, we find out that AMJ's girlfriend hates Dave the Elephant! All that and more in this podcast we call comedy.......ish.Any suggestions for the podcast, please email us - podcast@musicalinsights.co.ukSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/3menandalittlevirus. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TECH CLUBBERS PODCAST #160 W/ MAKATON Steve Bailey aka Makaton, has been at the forefront of techno releasing peerless, influential and experimental techno music since 1998. Makaton's unique production style leans heavily on dub, industrial, no wave and minimalism concepts. Bailey's experimental approach has seen him introduce new ways to represent techno and leave outdated approaches to the genre at the wayside. He has a string of techno releases on Blueprint, Token, Voitax and his Rodz-Konez label he has played at Berghain, Tresor, TimeShift, Concrete, Fabrik, Contact to name a few. *Live Mix* Follow MAKATON here: Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/makaton Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makaton.music/photos_all Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodzkonez/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/makaton Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/artist/makaton/29053 Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/15047-Makaton Contact: booking@gentleriot.net --- Follow TECH CLUBBERS here: Web: https://www.techclubbers.com/ Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/profile/techclubbers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechClubbers/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techclubbers/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/techclubbers Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/TechClubbersRadio/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TechClubbersPodcast Contact: info@techclubbers.com

This week, the boys talk about what makes a legend in the world of football. Phil sets a challenge for Iain and Mike about football legends then they pick apart their top-rated players to custom build their own perfect player.

In this bonus episode we talk to Becky George about the UK Makaton Blessing. We have a very brief chat about what Makaton is, how Becky became fluent and how she is using it to help all people, from all walks of life worship God through this one universal language.  Follow Becky on her YouTube channel, Becky, and on Twitter @BeckyMakaton Plumb crumble recommendationsFollow us on instagram @theplumblinepodcast and Twitter @PlumbPodcastWe'd love to have some more reviews on itunes and facebook , too- hit us up! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theplumblinepodcast?fan_landing=true)

On today's show Meesh and Christelle are joined by speech and language therapist Becky Frewin to talk about non verbal and verbal children with autism/AEN and to discuss what Makaton and PECS are and how they aid communication. 

Welcome to Episode 31 of Nooks and Crannies! Henley Santa is Coming to Town, W/Out Glittery Reindeer Relish!! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Deck the Halls, grab your Santy Hat and Scotch, it’s the Holiday Season here at Nooks and Crannies, and who better to talk to than the Right Jolly Old Elf Himself! Professional Father Christmas, Henley Santa! Who is Joining us from the other-side of the pond! Mike and Matty kick things off by hearing how Mike became Henley Santa and why he chose such a posh, up-market name, and how these fateful choices has lead to a vibrant post-retirement career which leaves room for volunteering and basically a lot of “good fun” Matty then steers the chat towards professionalism and the industry, including working conditions, how to interact with children and adults with various chronic ailments or challenges *super interesting side convo on ASL/BSL and Makaton, and ways to be empathetic by “staying in character” asking yourself: would Santa do this? Then I had to ask: what do you do when a ‘snot-nosed little *kid*’ tries to trip you up with tough questions to impress (lets be honest) HIS buddies :) Henley Santa has a tonne of insights in this regard, including his views on what makes a “Bad Santa” The Ministry of Fun is Henley Santa’s booking agency, first off, great name eh? Its like you are not allowed by law to not have fun just so long as you follow the outlined regulations and procedures. ANYWAY, they also have a Santa school that has been written about and just seems like a lot of fun! We also talk about Henley Santa’s Publishing efforts, including a quick retelling of his version of the Gingerbread Man story and why we should not leave Glitter Laced granola out for reindeer! Partial proceeds from the sale of his books go to support a local youth who is undergoing extreme cancer treatments, link to the FB page and ways to help below. We end the conversation on a very serious, but we both think, crucially important point: What happens when a child discloses serious neglect or abuse? What is your role or responsibilities in this regard and is there any training aside from a Criminal Background Check that is provided to Santa’s who may encounter vulnerable populations. Phew, tough but compelling Ho, Ho, Oh, did you think we were done?? Nah buddy, hit subscribe because a few days before Christmas, we will release the last portion of this chat where Matty turns the tables, reverts to wee lil Mamoo and absolutely GRILLS Santa with all the tough unanswered/unanswerable questions I had for him from Childhood, including: why did my sister get gifts despite being perpetually naughty, why did you not slam those beers I left out for you, how you get around the world so fast, and of course: are you like a reverse immortal, aged till 65 then retired from aging or something? AND, appalling Elfish Working Conditions! Love and Miss you Mom, I know this was one that you were looking forward to hearing, and I know you are listening from afar. Aren’t We Lucky! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LINKS: Thanks again for the audio tidy Derek from Rolling Misadventures: https://rollingmisadventures.podbean.com/ Henley Santa’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Henley-Santa/e/B07Z9JLPX1/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 Partial Proceeds from the Books to support: Stand up to Cancer: Charlie’s Page https://www.facebook.com/charlieilsleyUK/ Santa and the Gingerbread Man w/Voice-Over work from one of his grandchildren :) https://youtu.be/VclLmY7WiOg Henley Santa’s Buzzfeed/Amazon UK Ad:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPdG2vAAeM Santa School, Ministry of Fun, Class of 2018: http://www.ministryoffun.net/santa-school-class-of-2018/ Telegraph Article on the school and incoming class of 2019: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11298848/Santa-school-my-gruelling-training-to-become-Father-Christmas.html Berkshire Vision: one of the many charities that Henley Santa has volunteered at.. https://berkshirevision.org.uk/ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: N&C Links All The Episodes Drop us a line: Nooksandcranniespod@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/nooksandcranniespodcast Ponder Evan’s Blurry Pictures: https://www.instagram.com/nooks_and_crannies_pod/ Find Nooks and Crannies on Spotify Follow, Rate and Review on Podchaser (please!) Graphics by Donna Hume ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Music Attribution: Cullah - "Neurosis of the Liver" on "Cullah The Wild" https://www.cullah.com/discography/cullah-the-wild/neurosis-of-the-liver  Under license (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Lena Orsa – “A Christmas Tale” (Intro); Volume adjusted and fades applied https://freesound.org/people/lena_orsa/sounds/414673/ Under license (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Lena Orsa – “Magic Christmas” (Outro); Volume adjusted and fades applied  https://freesound.org/people/lena_orsa/sounds/442791/  Under license (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0  

Mantis Radio 300 + Broken English Club Mantis Radio celebrates 300 shows w/ an extended edition, featuring an exclusive session from Oliver Ho's Broken English Club and a trove of homegrown UK techno. playlist → show archives. support the show → become a patron.

HANNO LEICHTMANN, MAKATON, OLIVER WAY, OBERMAN KNOCKS, AKHTYA, CORONA BARATHRI, JULIA KENT, JS HORSEMAN, v/a DEATH, DECAY AND DARKNESS - AURAL VISIONS OF BEKSINSKI'S ART, SHE SPREAD SORROW, MARK HJORTHOY, v/a ELECTROFRAMEWORK, ZETA RETICULA, CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA, LUCIFER'S CHILD, SHIBALBA, EXPERIMENT#508, STEPHONO-ZIP, AUDREY CHEN, FEAN.

DVNT Darkfloor's 62nd In Session was recorded at GET LOST in Kent, October 6th 2018. DVNT lays down an hour of electro, techno sideswipes, hardcore to jungle - whipping through the likes of Cursor Miner, Aquarian, Makaton, Sully, Si Begg, RadioNasty, VSK, Larry McCormick, The Advent and Marvellous Cain. Tracklist & more available at Darkfloor.

Paàl - also known as one of the founders of the label Voitax - is an artist that devotes all of his passion to the sounds that he creates and the music that he supports. His label has amassed a steady repertoire of output from artists such as Makaton, Mondkopf, Cressida, Rory St John and Swarm Intelligence - some of which have become core components of the label. The focus in Paàl's creations heavily lies on the quality of his sound and the art piece itself as an outcome of his unexpected jam session. The DJ and producer places emphasis on all crevices of the electronic music spectrum, which is reflected in both the tracks that he produces and the sets he pieces together from his extensive record collection. Paàl opts to engage the crowd's lust for the unknown as opposed to feeding them an easy way out and has fast become recognized as a seasoned digger. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/paal-sound Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/paal FB: https://www.facebook.com/paanor/ Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4662789-Paàl twitter.com/slamdjs facebook.com/Slam.soma slam-djs.com Subscribe on Spotify: http://bit.ly/SlamRadioOnSpotify Subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/slam-radio/id584845850 Slam Radio is produced at www.glowcast.co.uk For syndication or radio queries, email conor@somarecords.com and contact@syndicast.co.uk

Janet and Christina talk about Makaton and PEX in worship, Corsham and why Christina likes to go to new wine

CARLOS GIFFONI, SUN THROUGH EYELIDS, SUGAI KEN, BENJAMIN DAMAGE, ROMMEK, NOVELLINO / MCKELVEY, SEARMANAS, SONAE, PATRICK HIGGINS, CORONA BARATHRI, CHRIS CARTER, BERNOCCHI / HATAKEYAMA, MAKATON.

THE EVAPORATORS, SWIM TEAM, MAKATON, PATRICK HIGGINS, PIERRE SANDWIDI, SHITLORD F**KERMAN, EXPERIMENT #508, SUN THROUGH EYELIDS, WEEPING GLASS, SWIM TEAM, ATTILIO NOVELLINO / COLLIN McKELVEY, DON MANDARIN, v/a MINT RECORDS' CITR POP ALLIANCE V, v/a INTERFERENCIAS II: SPANISH SYNTH WAVE 1980-1989, v/a POLAR SHADOWS.

Mantis Radio 262 + Speak Onion US drum + noise producer Speak Onion provides this week's session. We've new Inigo Kennedy and Makaton, Chevel's latest, recent Swarm Intelligence and more Blanck Mass, death metal from Sweden, Bristol bass, Brummie industrial and some 80s American hardcore. Show playlist available at Darkfloor.

Mantis Radio 262 + Speak Onion US drum + noise producer Speak Onion provides this week's session. We've new Inigo Kennedy and Makaton, Chevel's latest, recent Swarm Intelligence and more Blanck Mass, death metal from Sweden, Bristol bass, Brummie industrial and some 80s American hardcore. playlist → show archives. support the show → become a patron.

Mantis Radio 251 + Valance Drakes The prolific talent Valance Drakes provides this week’s guest session. DVNT plays music from the likes of OAKE, Kotra, Dälek, DJ Hidden, Makaton, Charles Manier, Wara´, Phon.O, Hodge, and The Bug. playlist → show archives. support the show → become a patron.

Mantis Radio 251 + Valance Drakes The prolific talent Valance Drakes provides this week’s guest session. DVNT plays music from the likes of OAKE, Kotra, Dälek, DJ Hidden, Makaton, Charles Manier, Wara´, Phon.O, Hodge, and The Bug. Show playlist available at Darkfloor.

IN:TNSTY PODCAST | Episode 28 Teeno / Loktibrada Regular sessions with Teeno and his special guests, this time it will be Loktibrada from Slovak republic. ///////////////////////////////////////// Loktibrada Dalibor Krc aka Loktibrada is a professional DJ since 1994. He was mainly known for being Olga+Jozef and also standing behind PVC, Antidandruff and Numb labels. During the years he has worked hard in the studio in the costant search of his own style. After that, Loktibrada has also collaborated with well known producers in the international market as: Anton Pieete, Oscar Mulero, Christian Wunsch, Regis, Function, Hardcell, Mark Broom, Makaton, Fanon Flowers, Takaaki Itoh, Radial and many more. A striking come back for Loktibrada with this heavy podcast on Intnsty. Loktibrada (RS) - Olga+Jozef www.standa.net www.facebook.com/olgajozef @user3029835 ///////////////////////////////////////// Art Style: Techno Web >> artstyletechno.hu/ Youtube >> www.youtube.com/ArtStyleTechno Soundcloud >> @art-style-techno Intnsty Youtube >> www.youtube.com/channel/UCwmUDmI89MQ54McaY85WE2g Soundcloud >> @intnsty

Many thanks to Operator, what a wonderful set! be sure to follow him on soundcloud and your liking list on facebook! For our next Techno Minded Hero, we have got one of our personal favorite heroes. We first saw him perform in 2003 at one of the infamous Traffic party’s in the Melkweg, Amsterdam with his partner in crime Rumenige. We’re blown away directly. And we weren’t the only one, Rocco from Awakenings was also a witness of the madness they brought. Put them on Awakenings festival, and from that moment till 2007, they have been frequently seen guests in the Dutch party scene! He has been a professional DJ since 1994 holding residences at U.Club/Subclub (Bratislava/Slovakia). He started his own productions in 1996, He was mainly known for being Olga+Jozef and also standing behind PVC, Antidandruff, and Numb labels. On antidandruff, he released the mix cd: EVERGREENS AND EVERBLACKS. Which is in our opinion one of the best off-beat techno works out there, and stood trough the test time, and we definitely recommend that your search the internet for it, to have a listen. So you know what we are talking about!On top of his own productions, he’s remixed artists Regis, Function, Oscar Mulero, Mark Broom, Radial, Takaaki Itoh, Makaton, Christian Wunsch, Anton Pieete, and Hardcell to name some.We are truly pleased to have him on Drone Podcast No.083: LoktibradaEnjoy!

Loktibrada has been a professional DJ since 1994 holding residences at  U.Club/Subclub (Bratislava/Slovakia). He started his own production in 1996, formerly known as Olga+Jozef. He established labels Palicavonzvreca (PVC), Antidandruff and Numb. On top of his own productions, he's remixed artists Regis, Function, Oscar Mulero, Mark Broom, Radial, Takaaki Itoh, Makaton, and Hardcell to name [...]

This is episode 50. A small milestone which I’m pretty proud of. For this episode Leo Hazree prepared again a great mix. Leo Hazree is known for his sophisticated techno which includes industrial, acid and electronica. Tracklist 01. Russ Gabriel - Track1 02. Blawan - Say what you want to say 03. Eduardo de la Calle - Wildheit 04. Florian Mendi - Collide 05. Frank Maurel - Esquizo 06. Marcel Dettmann - Apron 07. Oligo - Voltage 08. Setaocc Mass - Numb 09. Perc - Dynes 10. Pjotr G, Dubiosity - Stasis 11. Makaton - 4 point suspension 12. Regis - A necklace of bites 13. Skudge - Silent running 14. The Welderz - There is no light 15. Andrea Belluzi - 10.8 16. Damon Wild - Waveterm 17. Dimi Angelis - Green Aviation 18. Echoplex, Damon Wild - Warzawa (Niteworks Mix) http://leohazree.com/ https://www.facebook.com/leo.hazree/ https://soundcloud.com/leo_hazree https://www.facebook.com/waveyardpodcast http://www.lowfrequencypodcast.net

As a baby, Griff Eldridge was quieter than most. But he slept well. He fed. He played with his big brother Ira. And he smiled easily. For a long time, his parents Luke and Davinia didn't worry, because he was so happy and healthy.When Griff became a toddler, Luke and Davinia started to compare his speech to the speech of other children and to the standards laid out in the Personal Child Health Record, a book issued to new parents by the UK government. Griff was on track when he started to babble around 12 months old. But, unlike other children, the babble never evolved to understandable sentences.Luke and Davinia began to track Griff's speech in a notebook and test his hearing. They took him to several doctors, none of whom agree on a single diagnosis. They learned of “Verbal Dyspraxia” and “Phonological Disorder”. He'd see a speech therapist.Griff is nearly four years old, about to start primary school, and still he's never spoken a fully coherent sentence. They have 18 months to get him up to speed. Recently, Davinia's been teaching Griff the signing language Makaton.In this episode, producer Luke Eldridge (Griff's father) shares scenes from their home as his family works together to help Griff learn to talk. Bethany Denton edited this episode, along with help from Jeff Emtman. Additional editing help from Nick White at KCRW.Music: The Black Spot, FlowersHello NYC! Jeff and Bethany are speaking at The Unplugged Soul at Columbia University's Heyman Center on April 14th and 15th. It's free. Register here.

As a baby, Griff Eldridge was quieter than most.  But he slept well.  He fed.  He played with his big brother Ira. And he smiled easily.  For a long time, his parents Luke and Davinia didn’t worry, because he was so happy and healthy.When Griff became a toddler, Luke and Davinia started to compare his speech to the speech of  other children and to the standards laid out in the Personal Child Health Record, a book issued to new parents by the UK government.  Griff was on track when he started to babble around 12 months old.  But, unlike other children, the babble never evolved to understandable sentences.Luke and Davinia began to track Griff’s speech in a notebook and test his hearing. They took him to several doctors, none of whom agree on a single diagnosis.  They learned of “Verbal Dyspraxia” and “Phonological Disorder”.  He’d see a speech therapist.Griff is nearly four years old, about to start primary school, and still he’s never spoken a fully coherent sentence.  They have 18 months to get him up to speed.  Recently, Davinia’s been teaching Griff the signing language Makaton.In this episode, producer Luke Eldridge (Griff’s father) shares scenes from their home as his family works together to help Griff learn to talk.  Bethany Denton edited this episode, along with help from Jeff Emtman. Additional editing help from Nick White at KCRW.Music:  The Black Spot, FlowersHello NYC!  Jeff and Bethany are speaking at The Unplugged Soul at Columbia University’s Heyman Center on April 14th and 15th.  It’s free.  Register here.

Hour 1: 1. DJ Deep – MKS1 2. Makaton – Coast to Coast 3. Region - Sideline 4. Roberto – Dreams Of A Solo (Trevino Remix) 5. Observer - Lifeforms 6. Richie Santana - Relentless 7. Subjected - Thtswhtwnt 8. Z.I.P.P.O – Night Tales 9. Fjaak - Wolves 10. Ray Kajioka – Retro (Rolando Remix) 11. Stojche - Adverse 12. Trunkline – Is It Funk 13. Dimi Angelis & Jeroen Search – The Ninth Planet

PHREEK PLUS ONE, MAKATON

MAKATON, FJAAK

MAKATON, VALERIO TROCOLI.

MAKATON, MICK HARVEY

In GBA 166 we get better acquainted with Tamsin. We swap Lancaster University Theatre Studies war stories and she talks about speech and language therapy, recovering from a brain tumor and from breast cancer and lot's more. Tamsin Plugs: Speech and Language Therapy I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo Campaign: bit.ly/TragicFringe Tragic Misadventures: Wednesday 9th July at the Black Heart https://www.facebook.com/events/601978073250123/ My blogpost about leaving/losing my job: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-of-goodbyes.html We mention: Connexions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connexions_(agency) Howard Pinter poem: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/mar/14/poetry.haroldpinter Breast Cancer Care: http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/ Penny Brohn Cancer Care: http://www.pennybrohncancercare.org/ Mesothelioma: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesothelioma Narrative Therapy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy Mr Tumble: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/something-special/ Makaton: https://www.makaton.org/ British Sign Language: http://www.british-sign.co.uk/bsl-british-sign-language/ Singing Hands: http://www.singinghands.co.uk/ You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!

Voidloss London’s formidable Voidloss unleashed a torrent of techno at Birmingham’s Resonance night back in September where he was joined by Singularity Recordings label mates Makaton and CWS. Tracklist & more available at Darkfloor.

Mantis Radio 131 + Anniversary Special #6 DVNT Phat Chex - Uncertain Future [Darkfloor Sound] Phat Chex - Shrunken Heads [dub] Derlich - Vandal [dub] Si Begg - Losing It (Gella remix) [Noodles Recordings] Amit - Acid Trip [Tempa] ENOCH - Hype Infinite (Here It Comes) [ENOCH] D4F4K3-P4ND4 - BUG[s] [dub] Alavux - Roller [Battery Park Studios] Dave Clarke - Wisdom To The Wise (Red 2) (Steve Rachmad Dub) [BNR] INGEN our 3rd most popular session Anodyne - Empire of light (Boris Noiz mix) [Combat Recordings] David Meiser - Transcending Your Fears [Darkfloor Sound] Black Asteroids - Black Acid (Alva Noto Remodel) [Electric Deluxe] Arkist - Spiderdrudge [Future Inhale] Bas Mooy - Nastase (Developer remix02) [Audio Assault] Bebop + Rocksteady - Rubber Sophie (Jerome Hill Stripped Back remix) [Bonus Round] Blackmass Plastics - Ok Ozzy [Western Panorama Recordings] C Mantle - Congener 3 [Acre Recordings] Wulfweard - Found In Translation [TrusT] EDMX - Cerberus [Power Vacuum] MAKATON our 2nd most popular session House of Black Lanterns - Broken ft. Ghettozoid [Houndstooth] Kryptic Minds - Askum [Tectonic] Ontal - Output [Darkfloor Sound] Tomohiko Sagae - DSPS 2 [HueHelix] The Black Dog - Broken Mind [Dust Science] Jam City - The Courts [Night Slugs] Ctrls - Evident Mechanics 002 [Token] Savagen - RT2 [dub] Mark Broom - Silenced Part 2 [Beardman] Radioactive Man - Wreckorder [Wang Trax] Rachel Haircut - Drench.Sf2 [Aural Sects] Coefficient - Intrinsic Vector (Part 2) [Duality Recs] Si Begg - Losing It (Patscan remix) [Noodles Recordings] SOMATIC RESPONSES our most popular session

Mantis Radio 131 + Anniversary Special #6 DVNT Phat Chex - Uncertain Future [Darkfloor Sound] Phat Chex - Shrunken Heads [dub] Derlich - Vandal [dub] Si Begg - Losing It (Gella remix) [Noodles Recordings] Amit - Acid Trip [Tempa] ENOCH - Hype Infinite (Here It Comes) [ENOCH] D4F4K3-P4ND4 - BUG[s] [dub] Alavux - Roller [Battery Park Studios] Dave Clarke - Wisdom To The Wise (Red 2) (Steve Rachmad Dub) [BNR] INGEN our 3rd most popular session Anodyne - Empire of light (Boris Noiz mix) [Combat Recordings] David Meiser - Transcending Your Fears [Darkfloor Sound] Black Asteroids - Black Acid (Alva Noto Remodel) [Electric Deluxe] Arkist - Spiderdrudge [Future Inhale] Bas Mooy - Nastase (Developer remix02) [Audio Assault] Bebop + Rocksteady - Rubber Sophie (Jerome Hill Stripped Back remix) [Bonus Round] Blackmass Plastics - Ok Ozzy [Western Panorama Recordings] C Mantle - Congener 3 [Acre Recordings] Wulfweard - Found In Translation [TrusT] EDMX - Cerberus [Power Vacuum] MAKATON our 2nd most popular session House of Black Lanterns - Broken ft. Ghettozoid [Houndstooth] Kryptic Minds - Askum [Tectonic] Ontal - Output [Darkfloor Sound] Tomohiko Sagae - DSPS 2 [HueHelix] The Black Dog - Broken Mind [Dust Science] Jam City - The Courts [Night Slugs] Ctrls - Evident Mechanics 002 [Token] Savagen - RT2 [dub] Mark Broom - Silenced Part 2 [Beardman] Radioactive Man - Wreckorder [Wang Trax] Rachel Haircut - Drench.Sf2 [Aural Sects] Coefficient - Intrinsic Vector (Part 2) [Duality Recs] Si Begg - Losing It (Patscan remix) [Noodles Recordings] SOMATIC RESPONSES our most popular session

Episode 33 comes from Erratic resident and co-founder LoKKoTRONN –a studio mix on the harder end (not for the faint of heart) showcasing the works of paramount artists (and friends) such as Inigo Kennedy, Pfirter, Repitch, The Plant Worker, and Makaton. LoKKoTRONN's Resident Advisor DJ Page - Erratic is comprised of a small team of passionate curators hosting proper Techno parties in New York City. www.ErraticNYC.com | www.facebook.com/ErraticNYC

Mantis Radio 119 + Makaton DVNT Logical Disorder - Help Me [++sensor] DEVILMAN - 93 [SMALL BUT HARD] Vampire Slayer - Internet Celebrity [BLWBCK] AlgoRythmiK - Insomnia [Jarring Effects] P-Hocto - Jumpgate [Takeover Recordings] City of Machine - Mentally Unstable [Energun] Kwartz - Silence Turns to Violence [Cicuta Netlabel] Mark Reeve - Fear [Soma Records] TIm wolff - Quotum (Ben Sims remix) [Bulletdodge Records] Patscan - Stum Futter (Mad-Tek remix) [Digital Distortions] Go Hiyama - Woman Curve [HueHelix] Mazzula - Photons (Ryogo Yamamori remix) [Mazzula] Ctrls - Evident Mechanics 002 [Token] Kawatin - Hey (Kawatin's Camshaft remix) [Ricochet Records] Dr Schmidt - Aminopenta [Maschinen Musik] James Priestley + Marco Antonio - Speed (Trevino remix) [Secret Sundaze Music] Radial - Vandal [Audio Assault] C Mantle - Congener 3 [Acre Recordings] Jon E Alpha - Ugly Weather [Western Panorama Recordings] Valta ft Mudimbi - Colera (Koloah remix) [UK Trendz] D4F4K3-P4ND4 - BUG(s) [D4F4K3-P4ND4] Radioactive Man - Incoming! (DJ Stingray remix) [Wang Trax] MAKATON Tomohiko Sagae - Cold Chamber (Makaton remake) Tomohiko Sagae - Deburring (Makaton / Paul Damage) Wasps Mix Girls Revenge - Teen Slasher Death Abyss - The Magic Of Defiance (Girls Revenge Disco Hospital Mix) Girls Revenge - Watch You Burn Death Abyss - Love Is A Weakness (Mark Broom remix) Death Abyss - Thee Grey Book Death Abyss - Come As The Reaper And Thus You Will Sow (Israel Vines remix) Death Abyss - Stop Thinking, Increase Consumption (Makaton remix) Death Abyss - Come As The Reaper And Thus You Will Sow (Makaton remake) Tomohiko Sagae - Arsenic (Makaton remake) Tomohiko Sagae - Sodium Cyanide (Datamine - Extraction Mix) Makaton - Le Tenia Death Abyss - Stop Thinking, Increase Consumption Datamine - Checksum Tomohiko Sagae - Rebar Cutter (Makaton remake)

Mantis Radio 119 + Makaton DVNT Logical Disorder - Help Me [++sensor] DEVILMAN - 93 [SMALL BUT HARD] Vampire Slayer - Internet Celebrity [BLWBCK] AlgoRythmiK - Insomnia [Jarring Effects] P-Hocto - Jumpgate [Takeover Recordings] City of Machine - Mentally Unstable [Energun] Kwartz - Silence Turns to Violence [Cicuta Netlabel] Mark Reeve - Fear [Soma Records] TIm wolff - Quotum (Ben Sims remix) [Bulletdodge Records] Patscan - Stum Futter (Mad-Tek remix) [Digital Distortions] Go Hiyama - Woman Curve [HueHelix] Mazzula - Photons (Ryogo Yamamori remix) [Mazzula] Ctrls - Evident Mechanics 002 [Token] Kawatin - Hey (Kawatin's Camshaft remix) [Ricochet Records] Dr Schmidt - Aminopenta [Maschinen Musik] James Priestley + Marco Antonio - Speed (Trevino remix) [Secret Sundaze Music] Radial - Vandal [Audio Assault] C Mantle - Congener 3 [Acre Recordings] Jon E Alpha - Ugly Weather [Western Panorama Recordings] Valta ft Mudimbi - Colera (Koloah remix) [UK Trendz] D4F4K3-P4ND4 - BUG(s) [D4F4K3-P4ND4] Radioactive Man - Incoming! (DJ Stingray remix) [Wang Trax] MAKATON Tomohiko Sagae - Cold Chamber (Makaton remake) Tomohiko Sagae - Deburring (Makaton / Paul Damage) Wasps Mix Girls Revenge - Teen Slasher Death Abyss - The Magic Of Defiance (Girls Revenge Disco Hospital Mix) Girls Revenge - Watch You Burn Death Abyss - Love Is A Weakness (Mark Broom remix) Death Abyss - Thee Grey Book Death Abyss - Come As The Reaper And Thus You Will Sow (Israel Vines remix) Death Abyss - Stop Thinking, Increase Consumption (Makaton remix) Death Abyss - Come As The Reaper And Thus You Will Sow (Makaton remake) Tomohiko Sagae - Arsenic (Makaton remake) Tomohiko Sagae - Sodium Cyanide (Datamine - Extraction Mix) Makaton - Le Tenia Death Abyss - Stop Thinking, Increase Consumption Datamine - Checksum Tomohiko Sagae - Rebar Cutter (Makaton remake)

Erratic podcast episode #29 comes from one of the heaviest weights in modern Techno history, MAKATON. He is the owner of the obscure and acclaimed label, Rodz-Konez, and, as stated by the man himself, “this is a label mix representing the current sound of Rodz-Konez featuring Death Abyss, Tomohiko Sagae, Israel Vines, Inigo Kennedy and Makaton.” He kindly took time from his busy schedule at the moment (involving working on his own LP project) to put together this exclusive 50-minute Techno showcase for us. And we are extremely grateful for the opportunity. Please indulge and enjoy. RODZ-KONEZ´s Website RODZ-KONEZ´s Resident Advisor Label Page RODZ-KONEZ´s Discogs Page - Erratic is comprised of a small team of passionate curators hosting proper Techno parties in New York City. www.ErraticNYC.com | www.facebook.com/ErraticNYC

The small towns of Northern England raise a certain type of techno-head. When you grow up regularly spending three hours sitting on a coach just to hear Scott Brown hammer it out to a sea of beetroot-face gurners at Rezerection, it shows a lot of commitment... It develops a passion, not for posing in the gauche bars of Berlin, but for letting yourself go and dancing like no-one watching. And for Sunderland-born Sarah Mono, that will always be the true spirit of techno. It was the late-90s Birmingham scene that really shaped Sarah's musical tastes. After hearing the likes of Regis, Paul Damage and, of course, the insuperable Surgeon, regularly destroy the dancefloor at House Of God, there was no turning back. And while her musical tastes have evolved, Sarah's passion and dedication to that raw, floor-focussed spirit has never changed. Her DJ sets move from the dark, industrial and brooding through to the pounding and hypnotic, but wherever and whatever she plays, Sarah's selections are always guided by that true spirit techno - and her undying devotion to the dancefloor. Sarah has been a close friend of the Metroline crew for years. When asked for a mix tape for the our podcast series she delivered this amazing 90 minutes techno set... we love it! Tracklist: Mimikry - Blixa Bargeld, Alva Noto, Anbb Perseus - Modern Heads, Dino Sabatini Sifka (Locked Dub) - Sawf Thomp - Instra mental Big Yam - Jerome Sydenham Clean Slate (DVS1 Remix) - Darko Esser Cast (Jonas Kopp High Octane Mix) - Kevin Gorman The Confession (Mark Broom Remix version 2) - Hans Bouffmyhre Plus Minus - Northern Structures Oramics - Agony Forces Concrete Advance (Dead Sound and Videohead Remix) - Go Hiyama Straight To The Bank (Arnaud Le Texier Remix) - Antonio De Angelis Man Is The Superior Animal - Regis Original 12 - Kalon Rgs2 - Mike Dehnert Moop Loop - Justin Margovan Keep Secrets (Jerome Sydenham and Function Remix) - Raiz Geometrical (Surgeon Remix) - Go Hiyama The Woman Of Black Glove - Reeko Evil Inside Me Feat. Gracie - Tex Rec. The Darker Days - Oscar Mulero Wave Traveler - Dasha Rush Deburring (Wasps Mix by Makaton and Paul Damage) - Tomohiko Sagae Blattwerk - Mike Dehnert Vent (Pfirter Remix) - Xhin Ruptured (Surgeon Remix) - Scuba Mas - The Fear Ratio

A mix this week from one half of clutch slip and part of the Clutch Trax team, Twandy Audiofreq. A good bit of variety here with a little bit of everything Twandy loves about techno. From Marcel Dettman to Makaton (and a little bit of Clutch slip obviously ;) ) this should get you going! Enjoy!!

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Transcript -- How Plus is helping children with learning disabilities attend mainstream clubs and groups.

Fresh from remixing Thom Yorke and ripping up club nights in São Paulo, sushi fan and globe-trotting techno legend Surgeon has kindly put together this splendid mix for Spannered. It's 'trippy, mostly broken new stuff and a few old bits', he tells us. Well, after numerous rotations we can honestly say that it's deeper than the Mariana Trench and heavier than a swimming pool full of osmium. Enjoy.   Tracklisting: Ed Chamberlain — Trapese Go Hiyama — Unreleased Scion — Emerge (BMB remix2) Anstam — Aeto_b DJ Hell — Totmacher Add Noise — Handwerk Basic Channel — Enforcement (Mills mix) Inigo Kennedy — Aching To Get Beneath Kraddy — New World Empire (DiskChordians remix) Radial — Premium Oscar Mulero — Baskerbill's Dog (Regis remix) Blackham — The Crusade Warlock — TV controls your mind Ed Chamberlain — Resistant ScanOne — Trotter Surgeon — Floorshow 1.1 Makaton — 41_43 Inigo Kennedy — Kaleidoscope Jeff Mills —Humana Monolake — Alaska (Substance remix2) The DiskChordians — M-329 Class A Ed Chamberlain — Charley Go Hiyama — LisB Anstam — Aeto_a Ed Chamberlain — Does Ape Joey Beltram — Drome   ^ Listen to Surgeon's set from !emergency! in Bristol, October 2005