Fix SLP: Advocacy & Accountability in Speech-Language Pathology

How ASHA Built a Monopoly in Speech-Language Pathology, and Why We Filed a Federal Complaint


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Fix SLP was never just about making noise—it was built to challenge systems that gatekeep, exploit, and mislead. In this foundational episode, Dr. Jeanette Benigas and Preston Lewis, MS/SLP, explain why the CCC isn’t just unnecessary—it might be illegal.

We walk through the Sherman Antitrust Act, our official complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and how we allege ASHA's CCC requirement may violate federal law by restricting access to jobs, supervision, and professional advancement in speech-language pathology.

We expose the financial structure behind ASHA’s business model, the myth of the clinical fellowship year, and how the CCC props up a pay-to-play system that disproportionately harms new grads, small business owners, and anyone without institutional backing.

This is the legal case that lit the fire behind Fix SLP, and we’re just getting started.


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Fix SLP: Advocacy & Accountability in Speech-Language PathologyBy Dr. Jeanette Benigas | SLP, Advocate, PhD

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