Chat Life Changing Speech Therapy

for almost 45 years, Chat (communication health, advocacy & Therapy) has given children in need the gift of communication. Focused on inclusion and centered in social justice, Chat provides life-changing Speech Therapy to individuals with few if anyother options. More than 90% of the students we serve are children of color, 80% come from low-income families, and over 70% are uninsured or on medicaid. Through our clinic, in schools, early intervention, and in partnership with community nonprofits, we tailor services to a person's needs and build on their strengths. We approach our work with deep cultural humility and understand the need for systemic change in healthcare and education so the people we serve can be more sustainably supported. We accept medicaid while many others don't, and bring therapeutic services and programming into communities where they are needed. We work toward communication justice by serving under-resourced and neurodivergent individuals whose communication Disorders and differences contribute to their inequitable treatmentincluding in the criminal legal systemand by working to remove structural barriers to access.