Dallas nonprofit Spin the Spectrum combines the art of DJing and the science of speech pathology to develop communication skills among neurodiverse populations
DALLAS — Jason Straughter has music running through his veins.
The DJ, who works under the name of Jay*Clipp, says that, at given any moment of the day, he’s either listening to music or making it.
“Music is life to me,” he says.
Jay*Clipp has been a professional DJ since 1996. And he’s got some notable skins on the wall in that world, too, having traveled around the world and performed gigs alongside the likes of Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Dave Chappelle, and Spinderella.
But, despite all that star power, Jay*Clipp says the work he’s been putting in the last few years with a friend of his just might be the most fulfilling thing he’s ever done in his career.
That friend, Courtney Willis, isn’t a performer at all. Rather, she’s a speech language pathologist. And she’s been …