The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or ASHA, grants the the designation to both practicing speech-language pathologists and audiologists. For speech-language pathologists, the full acronym representing demonstrated clinical competence is CCC-SLP.
If you are one of the NFL players whose career lasted long enough to qualify for NFL pension benefits you will need to decide when to begin drawing your pension. Although the NFL retirement plan defines normal retirement age as 55 years old, many players begin drawing their pensions early.
On the football field, there is no shortage of broke NFL players who started off wealthy but were unable to hold on to their fortunes. According to an oft-cited Sports Illustrated report, nearly eight in 10 NFL players suffer from financial stress approximately two years after retirement.