# Speech Works Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/w-w-a-a-podcast-with-kristy-mickelsen-6193324/speech-works Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/w-w-a-a-podcast-with-kristy-mickelsen-6193324/speech-works.md Podcast: [W.W.A.A. Podcast with Kristy Mickelsen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/w-w-a-a-podcast-with-kristy-mickelsen-6193324) Published: 2025-11-08T15:40:21+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/speech-works--68474951 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68474951/speech_works.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/w-w-a-a-podcast-with-kristy-mickelsen-6193324/episodes/speech-works Duration seconds: 2574 ## Resource In this episode of the W.W.A.A. Podcast, the host Kristy Mickelsen talks with her special guest Elissa Renee Mandel. Elissa is an Autism advocate who is on the spectrum herself, and she is a speech pathologist that specializes in the autism field. Kristy and Elissa talk about how she was diagnosed later in life with autism and some of the things she went through that eventually lead to her diagnosis. Elissa is very passionate about her field of speech pathology and walks us through some of the basics and even has Kristy try a few exercises with her to illustrate her points. You can learn more about Elissa by following her on social media including facebook as Elissa Renee. You can also follow the host Kristy Mickelsen on x.com/kristybooks ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/w-w-a-a-podcast-with-kristy-mickelsen-6193324/episodes/speech-works/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/w-w-a-a-podcast-with-kristy-mickelsen-6193324/speech-works.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.