@tricmc.bsky.social Roses are red Sometimes they're not Stop gaslighting my semantic system And just give me the part of a plant that has petals, or inflorescences

@chronicillness.bsky.social I wish I could have an ice pack available when needed. Apparently there isn't enough room in the freezer for that. It's in the freezer now. Waiting...ouch

Need cricket teams to have another member so Tongue can be XIi

Important article TLDR - treat suspected motor speech disorders as soon as you can- do not delay, do not provide language stim. Effective treatments exist fof children as young as 6 months

And here’s the free training for #ReST #apraxia #slpeep #speechie rest.sydney.edu.au

Walking can reduce the risk of death - woot!

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

@chronicillness.bsky.social Have to wear a dress today. Hence begins the latest viral challenge: velcro hand splint vs tights/pantyhose (ugh, I hate that word). 3, 2, 1 - GO!

Happy Disability Pride Month

As part of an honours project, we are looking for Australian speech pathologists who work with children with cerebral palsy to complete a 20‐minute survey about the speech of children with #cerebralPalsy #blueskyspeechie #slpeeps #childSpeechDis sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

What books do I keep out for next semester, and do I put any back on the bookshelf?

@chronicillness.bsky.social when you literally spend 10 minutes doing mindfulness meditation before drying the dishes, but you still end up crying

Closest thing I have to a light saber

@chronicillness.bsky.social Time to choose: Shame tears, or pain tears?

🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to @noamross.net for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

We are doing a survey to understand why other professionals do/don't refer people with Primary Progressive Aphasia for speech-language support We want Drs, nurses, psychologists, social workers, OTs, PTs & any other profession. The survey can be accessed here: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Last year I suggested Vishnu Nair as a keynote, and we are now privileged to have him present at this year's #SPAConf Don't miss this.....

@chronicillness.bsky.social Pro tip - don't search trough your collection of tights while wearing a wrist splint with velcro

Sitting in a corner of an operating theatre between cases planning the next talk for the next conference. The teaching work that I do is unpaid. In Australia, surgical academic pursuits are still very much done after hours outside paid clinical time. Which begs the question, why am I doing this?

Need advice. If someone outside Australia is commenting on Australian Indigenous material (art, music, etc), is it appropriate for them to perform an acknowledgement of country at the start of their video, blog etc?

Sold a Story has a new mini-series. We found a high-poverty school district where nearly every kid can read well. They’ve been teaching the same way for 25 years. But a new law, inspired by our reporting, put that at risk. All three podcast episodes are out now.

📢 Can you support aphasia research? Face-to-face And Telehealth Equivalence of assessments in Aphasia (FATE-A) is a research project *improving access to healthcare* This is the *final month* of recruitment We are hoping to see 100 people with aphasia More info: blogs.city.ac.uk/FATE-A/take-...

📣 Calling on #SLPs 👈 We want to hear from #SLPs #SLTs about what you want from digital evidence tools to help you find research evidence easily. You're invited to participate in focus groups or an interview, register your interest here bit.ly/3D4QI2s #bskySPEECHIES @leannetogher.bsky.social

Bonus points if you get the t-shirt reference

I've never understood why a hospital should need to ask for donations to fund essential services

@chronicillness.bsky.social Not actually funny. I would pay someone $1000 to make my bed

One of my co-authors with living experience of ABI, Stephen (known as Scoop), said when I told him this had been published: "We are now all international authors and no one can take that away from us" 🙌🙌 Giving people a platform to share their voice rather than speaking for them is the way forward.

Some more information about who we are looking for to take part

Button battery ingestion is an emergency. The battery creates an electrical and an alkaline injury to the mucosa of the throat and oesophagus. Those shiny button batteries look like lollies to little kids. Beware. #ENTsecrets #surgery #ENT

Today's socks

It's so funny how, the day after a migraine, you feel like you have cognitive superpowers because you're just getting back to baseline

I considered very carefully how to use my "knee time" this week. Just found out I was duped. Will adapt.

Exercise-induced adaptations, including neuroplasticity, are well studied for physical exercise that targets skeletal muscles. However, little is known about the neuroplastic potential of targeted speech and swallowing exercises. @sigperspectives.bsky.social

We have new episodes of Sold a Story coming on February 20. www.youtube.com/shorts/zJgsx...

Trans folk in Australia, a survey and submissions are now open regarding an enquiry from the Medical Services Advisory Committee into surgical procedures for trans folk being covered by Medicare. www.msac.gov.au/applications...

Apt

@chronicillness.bsky.social Me: "You don't have to hand wash those, you could put them in the dishwasher" Other person: "Why Would I put them in the dishwasher if I can hand wash them?" Me: Um.......

Learning a lot about history, language, culture, and biases

Old school uni notes circa 1990

Something tells me today's filing cabinet clean up was well overdue

@communiess.bsky.social Australia- SHMITTY

No mention of SPs in this review re 'functional dysphagia'. I think we are an important member of the team. aoe.amegroups.org/article/view...

#autistic #autism #devlangdis #reading " #dyslexia "

Enjoying the CATches

McGrath Foundation - you do amazing work. But, hopefully you are providing care for people with cancer, not 'taking care to all cancers'.

📢Please apply for the Cancer Discovery Early Career Award if you are the first or corresponding author of a Cancer Discovery paper published in 2023 or 2024, Assistant Professor or equivalent, and got your PhD/MD within the past 12 years! The deadline is January 10! aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...

@chronicillness.bsky.social For the first time in the last five days, I am sitting in a chair without pain. It's amazing. Cultural norms: "Dinner time! You have to sit at the table!" Me: Damn....here we go again

Last sunset of 2024