PATA Rehabilitation Specialists

04/21/2026

Seats are filling up fast! Sign up now!! www.patasphere.org Financial help available, just reach out to pata.ctellis@gmail.com

02/13/2026

Thanks to sustained advocacy from ASHA advocates, Congress included a key provision in H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to extend Medicare telehealth authority for audiologists and SLPs through December 31, 2027.

The move means Medicare Part B beneficiaries can continue to access covered audiology and SLP services via telehealth for the next two years, which importantly, was delinked from government funding deadlines. This lowers the possibility of future lapses in this authority resulting from funding disagreements between the parties.

While the extension through 2027 is an important step, our ultimate objective is permanent coverage of our members and their services. Without congressional action, patients and providers will once again face uncertainty in the future.

Read more and take action with us to keep up the pressure: https://at.asha.org/Uh

01/27/2025

Register here to learn more from Dr. Cari Tellis and her awesome colleague, Francesco Mecorio 백호 Vocal Coach.

ONLY A FEW SEATS LEFT!!! Join us in person, hybrid, or online. You can register at the following link: https://estillvoice.com/find-a-course/course-registration/?id=3093

10/31/2024

Look at our two interns dressed for Halloween. Any guess who they are??

10/26/2024

Looking for adult voice lessons, Dr Tellis is running on Monday nights in Kingston.

We start lessons in one week. Register here https://forms.gle/pMVKJ5FGJcZBHtif8. Come join us for fun!!

09/15/2024

❤️❤️❤️ I did a thing! We just released a song. Lyrics by Lonnie Barone and music and lyrics by McElroy Manasco. I got to sing the song with the incomparable Sophia Tellis and Sydney Tellis. The song is about a mom and her daughter. I love my daughters! Check it out and share.

http://url2734.distrokid.com/ls/click?upn=u001.a0grtTtFNGObbwv02PitCPUodymsTWKXNsD1pT7nhD3jeTl3TaygXwUau229CmzHNFRXhADdMbwj1iCZUf-2BxS33ymad4xF-2BCc6EqqePFoER5ijOqA3SjLnwOaOm-2BH5i9ncVWWMjTSZGMbrSXQVLzIXMD7rSQD1BaQnTMxjpMq-2Fvjxa8BiEWEiALdF9R0ValmwFchFI50AHDqVqXOltTQLki7QHmKkMcKohbG1Uyo8wuvGhBS3-2BTCA2RXwU-2BIORg8oILg5D2NEu2UxDFbju6SLA-3D-3DSHiz_mM3t28QKZh241BtNQ74lquloOvf82SUfsCc8wSq7UUjEZfx2HSnGFYfh9pEGONxC8jp-2BjmCC07gMEpipmhsAcC07UL0OaQRrr2nqvgBVm9vNfh0Oh1NRDabe1dbuZDwzzCVlG3JTfvxZJRMEvy7x7rqgQxZC6R4JsR-2BcBsEcc21FYIy8yINMulY44KH5rEYvHTpe7bTV3mNelTp88-2FqYOA-3D-3D

If you want to hear more, buy tickets to see, “17 of Diamonds” and the 2024 Scranton Fringe Festival. Ticket link below. There are 4 chances to see the show, and I will be performing in it. Come support us and PATAsphere.

https://scrantonfringe.org/events/17-of-diamonds/♦️♦️♦️

Stream and Save I Came Into Her World (Original Soundtrack Musical, 17 of Diamonds) - Distributed by DistroKid

08/30/2024

On the hard days, give yourself extra love. That's when you need it the most. It's important to be kind to yourself, especially when things get tough. How do you show yourself love on difficult days?

08/13/2024

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08/09/2024

06/07/2024

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06/07/2024

What does it mean to say, “Healing developmental trauma does not make an autistic person more typical”?

If I do trauma therapy while living in an environment that is unsupportive of my autistic body’s needs, I may experience trauma. (This applies to any type of trauma therapy, including nonverbal treatments like Safe and Sound Protocol or Craniosacral therapy.)

It is important for us to reduce the symptoms of autistic trauma, but if we try to do that in a space where connection and acceptance is systematically denied from us, we will have an intensely painful experience of rejection.

Being denied connection because of our differences is a core trauma wound for most autistics. For many autistic people, our trauma blocks are protecting us from this pain we have experienced so many times before.

When we remove the protection of our trauma blocks, we must have appropriate support. Appropriate support for an autistic person requires an identity affirming approach as well as accommodations and support for disabilities.

If trauma interventions are offered to autistic people from within the medical/pathology/cure model, we are simply setting autistic people up for re-traumatization, fragmentation, and increased mental health problems.

Living on the right side of this list is not sustainable long-term for any autistic person. The symptoms of autistic trauma are a significant threat to autistic health and survival…. When autistic people seek help with trauma symptoms, it is important for care providers to know that healthy autistic people can have significant support needs. A reduction in trauma symptoms does not mean a person will become more independent.

This reality is scary for many of us because society measures our worth by our independence. Since that isn’t going to change tomorrow, refuge spaces where we can interact with other neurodivergent people and experience acceptance are essential for trauma recovery. We also need non-autistic people to help us advocate for better social supports and policies that meet us where we are.
For more clarification, check out the blog post that goes with this image https://www.traumageek.com/blog/autistic-traits-and-trauma