Chia Yi
@chiayitay.bsky.social
Speech and language therapist. Yaps about desserts, dementia, disabilities & everything in between.
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Chia Yi
@chiayitay.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Moving my 2-year-old #24WaysToSupportCommunication from Twitter to keep a copy here as we countdown to Christmas ✨
If you’re supporting a a loved one who needs speech-language and/or communication aid, these strategies might help to reduce frustrations + make interaction a better experience
🤍
If you’re supporting a a loved one who needs speech-language and/or communication aid, these strategies might help to reduce frustrations + make interaction a better experience
🤍
Me:
I want to start playing LaDS but I might not have enough time to login everyday. Will the guys die if I don’t login consistently?
Husband:
…they are not tamagotchi…
Me:
Oh great phew (has killed way too many virtual pets for forgetting about them).
I want to start playing LaDS but I might not have enough time to login everyday. Will the guys die if I don’t login consistently?
Husband:
…they are not tamagotchi…
Me:
Oh great phew (has killed way too many virtual pets for forgetting about them).
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Me:
I want to start playing LaDS but I might not have enough time to login everyday. Will the guys die if I don’t login consistently?
Husband:
…they are not tamagotchi…
Me:
Oh great phew (has killed way too many virtual pets for forgetting about them).
I want to start playing LaDS but I might not have enough time to login everyday. Will the guys die if I don’t login consistently?
Husband:
…they are not tamagotchi…
Me:
Oh great phew (has killed way too many virtual pets for forgetting about them).
Me:
Painstakingly modifying the hospital’s western menu like spaghetti, baked potatoes, grilled chicken etc to IDDSI dysphagia-friendly meals
Patients:
Orders mostly from the asian menu of chicken with goji berries and steamed fish with cordyceps etc
Me:
Painstakingly modifying the hospital’s western menu like spaghetti, baked potatoes, grilled chicken etc to IDDSI dysphagia-friendly meals
Patients:
Orders mostly from the asian menu of chicken with goji berries and steamed fish with cordyceps etc
Me:
a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest
Alt: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest looking perplexed
media.tenor.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Me:
Painstakingly modifying the hospital’s western menu like spaghetti, baked potatoes, grilled chicken etc to IDDSI dysphagia-friendly meals
Patients:
Orders mostly from the asian menu of chicken with goji berries and steamed fish with cordyceps etc
Me:
Painstakingly modifying the hospital’s western menu like spaghetti, baked potatoes, grilled chicken etc to IDDSI dysphagia-friendly meals
Patients:
Orders mostly from the asian menu of chicken with goji berries and steamed fish with cordyceps etc
Me:
Hospital-based SLT’s morning be like:
- look at list of cases in the system
- calls food service to order food for meal observations and swallowing assessments, realising that we have “steamed fish slices with ginger and goji berries” today on the menu WOW 😯
To many safer oral meals today ✨
- look at list of cases in the system
- calls food service to order food for meal observations and swallowing assessments, realising that we have “steamed fish slices with ginger and goji berries” today on the menu WOW 😯
To many safer oral meals today ✨
September 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hospital-based SLT’s morning be like:
- look at list of cases in the system
- calls food service to order food for meal observations and swallowing assessments, realising that we have “steamed fish slices with ginger and goji berries” today on the menu WOW 😯
To many safer oral meals today ✨
- look at list of cases in the system
- calls food service to order food for meal observations and swallowing assessments, realising that we have “steamed fish slices with ginger and goji berries” today on the menu WOW 😯
To many safer oral meals today ✨
Working with a child with misophonia recently and I can’t wait to learn how we can include games too😍
PS: from low vision, hearing, to ADHD and many more, I’ve always told the husband that in another life (if I’m not an SLT), I’d like to be a game developer working to make games more accessible ✨
PS: from low vision, hearing, to ADHD and many more, I’ve always told the husband that in another life (if I’m not an SLT), I’d like to be a game developer working to make games more accessible ✨
Speaker announcement📢
The full lineup for GAConf USA 2025 is now online, including lots of previously unannounced talks - from FC26 to the Nhuad controller, from AbleToPlay to South of Midnight!
gaconf.com/schedule
Sept 29th - 30th, registration at gaconf.com
#gamedev #indiedev
The full lineup for GAConf USA 2025 is now online, including lots of previously unannounced talks - from FC26 to the Nhuad controller, from AbleToPlay to South of Midnight!
gaconf.com/schedule
Sept 29th - 30th, registration at gaconf.com
#gamedev #indiedev
September 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Working with a child with misophonia recently and I can’t wait to learn how we can include games too😍
PS: from low vision, hearing, to ADHD and many more, I’ve always told the husband that in another life (if I’m not an SLT), I’d like to be a game developer working to make games more accessible ✨
PS: from low vision, hearing, to ADHD and many more, I’ve always told the husband that in another life (if I’m not an SLT), I’d like to be a game developer working to make games more accessible ✨
Played Duo Quest by @1plus1studios.bsky.social with the husband today (and we didn’t murder each other) 😌✨
Love the simple mechanics, cute art, whimsical music, and the option to build a deck of “no block, only bonk”.
Love the simple mechanics, cute art, whimsical music, and the option to build a deck of “no block, only bonk”.
August 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Played Duo Quest by @1plus1studios.bsky.social with the husband today (and we didn’t murder each other) 😌✨
Love the simple mechanics, cute art, whimsical music, and the option to build a deck of “no block, only bonk”.
Love the simple mechanics, cute art, whimsical music, and the option to build a deck of “no block, only bonk”.
We shouldn’t be asking Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) or children of immigrants/refugees to interpret and translate for their parents, especially in healthcare settings 😮💨🥲
August 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
We shouldn’t be asking Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) or children of immigrants/refugees to interpret and translate for their parents, especially in healthcare settings 😮💨🥲
Was in the husband’s hometown last weekend and we were driving by a place when the husband introduced:
Him: I used to come here for the methadone clinic.
Me: 👀
Him: … I was attached to the clinic; not for the services.
Him: I used to come here for the methadone clinic.
Me: 👀
Him: … I was attached to the clinic; not for the services.
August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Was in the husband’s hometown last weekend and we were driving by a place when the husband introduced:
Him: I used to come here for the methadone clinic.
Me: 👀
Him: … I was attached to the clinic; not for the services.
Him: I used to come here for the methadone clinic.
Me: 👀
Him: … I was attached to the clinic; not for the services.
And farming/fishing/gathering 💯
The main purpose of playing a video game is to find cute outfits for your character to wear ❤️
August 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
And farming/fishing/gathering 💯
In case you need to buy a game with:
- stunning art
- banging soundtrack
- great narrative about living and navigating grief with loved ones whilst holding safe space and be graceful to yourself in difficult times
…it’s the cheaper of this two 😌
- stunning art
- banging soundtrack
- great narrative about living and navigating grief with loved ones whilst holding safe space and be graceful to yourself in difficult times
…it’s the cheaper of this two 😌
July 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
In case you need to buy a game with:
- stunning art
- banging soundtrack
- great narrative about living and navigating grief with loved ones whilst holding safe space and be graceful to yourself in difficult times
…it’s the cheaper of this two 😌
- stunning art
- banging soundtrack
- great narrative about living and navigating grief with loved ones whilst holding safe space and be graceful to yourself in difficult times
…it’s the cheaper of this two 😌
I have once again decided to run away from Modern World Responsibilities and go inherit my fictional grandpa’s farm:
May 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I have once again decided to run away from Modern World Responsibilities and go inherit my fictional grandpa’s farm:
Here at Indie Jam to support @yyng7.bsky.social and her impactful PhD findings ✨
Learned so much from her work on cultural representation in games and how developers can move forward in balancing mechanics and platforming our local cultures and stories.
Learned so much from her work on cultural representation in games and how developers can move forward in balancing mechanics and platforming our local cultures and stories.
April 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Here at Indie Jam to support @yyng7.bsky.social and her impactful PhD findings ✨
Learned so much from her work on cultural representation in games and how developers can move forward in balancing mechanics and platforming our local cultures and stories.
Learned so much from her work on cultural representation in games and how developers can move forward in balancing mechanics and platforming our local cultures and stories.
So many people using genAI art and I’m just here reposting my old scribbles of the husband showing me where the wards were in his hospital when I was covering it during the peak of covid lockdown.
Pen, notebook paper, and badly drawn bunny + hedgehog ❤️
Pen, notebook paper, and badly drawn bunny + hedgehog ❤️
April 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So many people using genAI art and I’m just here reposting my old scribbles of the husband showing me where the wards were in his hospital when I was covering it during the peak of covid lockdown.
Pen, notebook paper, and badly drawn bunny + hedgehog ❤️
Pen, notebook paper, and badly drawn bunny + hedgehog ❤️
Forgot to update here too but:
2 months later, we went for the hearing aids trial appointment at the hospital 🦻✨
Dad got to try out 3 different brands of hearing aids (I forgot to take photo of the other one 😅).
1/4
2 months later, we went for the hearing aids trial appointment at the hospital 🦻✨
Dad got to try out 3 different brands of hearing aids (I forgot to take photo of the other one 😅).
1/4
April 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Forgot to update here too but:
2 months later, we went for the hearing aids trial appointment at the hospital 🦻✨
Dad got to try out 3 different brands of hearing aids (I forgot to take photo of the other one 😅).
1/4
2 months later, we went for the hearing aids trial appointment at the hospital 🦻✨
Dad got to try out 3 different brands of hearing aids (I forgot to take photo of the other one 😅).
1/4
My mum when I was 7:
It’s your birthday - the time to be grateful to all your blessings. Let’s pick a cause (eg homelessness, HIV etc) you want to learn more and we go visit them to find out how to best support them.
My mum when my nephew turns 7:
Let’s go genting theme park 🎢
It’s your birthday - the time to be grateful to all your blessings. Let’s pick a cause (eg homelessness, HIV etc) you want to learn more and we go visit them to find out how to best support them.
My mum when my nephew turns 7:
Let’s go genting theme park 🎢
February 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My mum when I was 7:
It’s your birthday - the time to be grateful to all your blessings. Let’s pick a cause (eg homelessness, HIV etc) you want to learn more and we go visit them to find out how to best support them.
My mum when my nephew turns 7:
Let’s go genting theme park 🎢
It’s your birthday - the time to be grateful to all your blessings. Let’s pick a cause (eg homelessness, HIV etc) you want to learn more and we go visit them to find out how to best support them.
My mum when my nephew turns 7:
Let’s go genting theme park 🎢
I love watching the husband play #Hades2 and learning about Greek myth through all the small little nuggets of clues peppered in dialogues and incredible art/design whilst I snicker knowingly next to him having read the books 🤭
Yes, we’re the stereotypical gamer/reader couple 📚
Yes, we’re the stereotypical gamer/reader couple 📚
February 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love watching the husband play #Hades2 and learning about Greek myth through all the small little nuggets of clues peppered in dialogues and incredible art/design whilst I snicker knowingly next to him having read the books 🤭
Yes, we’re the stereotypical gamer/reader couple 📚
Yes, we’re the stereotypical gamer/reader couple 📚
I’ve bought every single soundtrack and have loved every one of them! Thank you for making amazing music ❤️
With the launch of The Warsong Update, the Hades II Original Soundtrack is up to 40 tracks — more than three hours of original music by Darren Korb and contributing artists!🎶
Have a listen to the latest pieces on our YouTube channel, coming soon to Spotify as well:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=paT_...
Have a listen to the latest pieces on our YouTube channel, coming soon to Spotify as well:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=paT_...
Hades II - Fading Fading
YouTube video by Supergiant Games
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I’ve bought every single soundtrack and have loved every one of them! Thank you for making amazing music ❤️
Dying for love is easy.
Living for love:
making conscious effort to exercise, eat well, get mental health support, loving yourself, honouring others etc
That’s the hardest bit.
Happy Valentine’s to mine ❤️
Living for love:
making conscious effort to exercise, eat well, get mental health support, loving yourself, honouring others etc
That’s the hardest bit.
Happy Valentine’s to mine ❤️
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Dying for love is easy.
Living for love:
making conscious effort to exercise, eat well, get mental health support, loving yourself, honouring others etc
That’s the hardest bit.
Happy Valentine’s to mine ❤️
Living for love:
making conscious effort to exercise, eat well, get mental health support, loving yourself, honouring others etc
That’s the hardest bit.
Happy Valentine’s to mine ❤️
Reposted by Chia Yi
this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.
I'm not used to speaking formal Mandarin but the lovely people at AiFM & RTM made it so much easier for me. Thank you, Mun Meng!
After much preparation, here's me #DoItScared and talking about four strategies for dementia care partners at home in Mandarin:
youtube.com/watch?v=PaKJR5…
After much preparation, here's me #DoItScared and talking about four strategies for dementia care partners at home in Mandarin:
youtube.com/watch?v=PaKJR5…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PaKJR5…
February 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I'm not used to speaking formal Mandarin but the lovely people at AiFM & RTM made it so much easier for me. Thank you, Mun Meng!
After much preparation, here's me #DoItScared and talking about four strategies for dementia care partners at home in Mandarin:
youtube.com/watch?v=PaKJR5…
After much preparation, here's me #DoItScared and talking about four strategies for dementia care partners at home in Mandarin:
youtube.com/watch?v=PaKJR5…
Still can’t get over how tapir babies look exactly like kek batik.
THIS IS THE CUTEST KEK BATIK 😍😍
THIS IS THE CUTEST KEK BATIK 😍😍
February 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Still can’t get over how tapir babies look exactly like kek batik.
THIS IS THE CUTEST KEK BATIK 😍😍
THIS IS THE CUTEST KEK BATIK 😍😍
Took time off from work today to attend an audiology assessment with my dad because I’ve finally managed to convince him to get his hearing supported 😎
This is after showing him tonnes of studies on hearing loss as a modifiable risk factor for dementia.
thelancet.com/commissions/de…
This is after showing him tonnes of studies on hearing loss as a modifiable risk factor for dementia.
thelancet.com/commissions/de…
https://thelancet.com/commissions/de…
February 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Took time off from work today to attend an audiology assessment with my dad because I’ve finally managed to convince him to get his hearing supported 😎
This is after showing him tonnes of studies on hearing loss as a modifiable risk factor for dementia.
thelancet.com/commissions/de…
This is after showing him tonnes of studies on hearing loss as a modifiable risk factor for dementia.
thelancet.com/commissions/de…
THIS ✨
Accessible games can still be really fun! My sister who has visual disability loves The Vale so much because it’s finally a game where she can enjoy (and still smash people 😂) with amazing gameplay.
I wish more game designers will plan WITH accessibility in mind from the get go.
Accessible games can still be really fun! My sister who has visual disability loves The Vale so much because it’s finally a game where she can enjoy (and still smash people 😂) with amazing gameplay.
I wish more game designers will plan WITH accessibility in mind from the get go.
Reminder that a game can still be challenging, rewarding, AND accessible. Accessibility never has and never will compromise gameplay, so long as you do it right.
Making a game accessible AND fun is the difference between any designer vs. a great designer.
Making a game accessible AND fun is the difference between any designer vs. a great designer.
February 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
THIS ✨
Accessible games can still be really fun! My sister who has visual disability loves The Vale so much because it’s finally a game where she can enjoy (and still smash people 😂) with amazing gameplay.
I wish more game designers will plan WITH accessibility in mind from the get go.
Accessible games can still be really fun! My sister who has visual disability loves The Vale so much because it’s finally a game where she can enjoy (and still smash people 😂) with amazing gameplay.
I wish more game designers will plan WITH accessibility in mind from the get go.
Mentally counting how many of my colleagues have kids whilst packing angpau for the little ones tomorrow🧧✨
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Mentally counting how many of my colleagues have kids whilst packing angpau for the little ones tomorrow🧧✨
2 months later and I finally made these for the first time ✨
My version of mala cream dimsum:
- not as thinly sliced as Triple Star did
- no mala cream made from scratch
- a little oddly shaped
But still taste really great 🤤 glad everyone in the family loved them!
My version of mala cream dimsum:
- not as thinly sliced as Triple Star did
- no mala cream made from scratch
- a little oddly shaped
But still taste really great 🤤 glad everyone in the family loved them!
February 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
2 months later and I finally made these for the first time ✨
My version of mala cream dimsum:
- not as thinly sliced as Triple Star did
- no mala cream made from scratch
- a little oddly shaped
But still taste really great 🤤 glad everyone in the family loved them!
My version of mala cream dimsum:
- not as thinly sliced as Triple Star did
- no mala cream made from scratch
- a little oddly shaped
But still taste really great 🤤 glad everyone in the family loved them!
Ushering in a ssssssssslaying year 🐍🍊🧧✨
(Featuring bestie’s award-winning calligraphy)
(Featuring bestie’s award-winning calligraphy)
January 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Ushering in a ssssssssslaying year 🐍🍊🧧✨
(Featuring bestie’s award-winning calligraphy)
(Featuring bestie’s award-winning calligraphy)