Elissa Larkin, MS, CCC-SLP, HEC-C (she/her/hers)

Research Speech-Language Pathologist and Bioethicist
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment and Donnelley Ethics Program
Chicago, IL, United States

Elissa Larkin, M.S., CCC-SLP, HEC-C is a Research Speech-Language Pathologist at the Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment and Bioethicist in the Donnelley Ethics Program at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Elissa earned her Master of Science in Communication Disorders with bilingual certification (Spanish) at Arizona State University and completed advanced training in bioethics at Northwestern Medicine Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, subsequently earning national certification as a Healthcare Ethics Consultant. Elissa received the 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement for her work in communication access education and advocacy. Elissa’s areas of professional focus include interprofessional education models to increase communication access and equity for people with communication disabilities, applications of ethical frameworks to promote patient rights and shared decision making in rehabilitation practice, and research and treatment approaches that incorporate disability justice principles.

Presentation(s):

• A Novel Online Training Program to Make Businesses More Accessible for People with Communication Disabilities 1854

  Tuesday, October 28, 2025
  4:00 PM - 4:15 PM