Explore cutting-edge tools, digital therapies, and how AI is reshaping recovery. #UKSF25

How do stroke survivors get the best quality of life? Join us as we look at wellbeing after stroke. #UKSF25

A lovely write up about our bonnie Dundee aphasia conference earlier this year. #BASConf2025 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @basaphasia.bsky.social @citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social @stephwilsoncity.bsky.social @niamhdevane.bsky.social @rtslt.bsky.social

Stroke is the leading cause of aphasia. To mark #WorldStrokeDay, why not find out more about our research? Explore our website here: www.dara.org.uk/ #aphasia @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social

Wednesday 29th October 2025 is #WorldStrokeDay. Stroke is the leading cause of #aphasia. - Find information about stroke via the hashtag #WorldStrokeDay. - Watch our account for updates from the Dara project. - Follow @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social - Visit www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/effec...

Based on our findings, if genAI is used at all in this context, collaboration between HCI experts, speech-language pathologists, & VSD users is needed to design effective guardrails to mitigate negative impacts of using genAI as a design partner in VSDs. 📄Read more here: tinyurl.com/2uz25u83

@sarahfjohnston.bsky.social lovely to find you here. :) Welcome! 🦋

Save the date!!! 👇👇👇 www.iarc2026.com/en/Events/ia... ... #aphasia #slp #neurorehabilitation

We are raising awareness of aphasia by: 4. Sharing our research. The Dara project explores the accessibility of data visualization. Download our poster below to find out more.  city.figshare.com/ndownloader/... #aphasia #DevLangDis @sayaphasia.bsky.social @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social

Data are part of our everyday lives. 📈 Navigating data can be hard if you have #aphasia or #DLD. Janet shares her experience in this clip. ⏯️

We are raising awareness of aphasia by: 2. Sharing details of the Dara research project. To mark #aphasia awareness day, why not find out more about our research? Explore our website here: www.dara.org.uk/ #aphasia @sayaphasia.bsky.social aphasia.bsky.social @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social

Today is the first ever 🟪International Aphasia Awareness🟪 day! Please share and tell someone new about aphasia!

We are raising awareness of #aphasia by: 1. Talking about our research. The Dara project looks at everyday information - like maps, pie charts, and physical data to see how easy-to-use people with #aphasia or #DLD find it. #DevLangDis @sayaphasia.bsky.social @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social

Hot on the heels of #DLDday, Monday is the first international aphasia awareness day. Why not join in?: - Find information about aphasia via the hashtag #aphasia. - Watch our account for updates from the Dara project. - Follow @sayaphasia.bsky.social - Visit www.aphasia-international.com

We are raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder by: 4. Sharing some brilliant @radld.bsky.social resources about DLD. How well do you know Developmental Language Disorder? Take this quiz to find out: radld.org/about/dld/dl... #DevLangDis #DLDday

We are raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder by: 3. Sharing our research. The Dara project explores the accessibility of data visualization. Download our poster below to find out more. #DevLangDis #DLDday @radld.bsky.social city.figshare.com/ndownloader/...

We are raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder by: 2. Talking about our research. The Dara project looks at everyday information - like maps, pie charts, and physical data to see how easy-to-use people with #DLD or #aphasia find it. #DevLangDis #DLDday @radld.bsky.social

We are raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder by: 1. Turning our website purple To mark #DLDday, we are turning our website purple to reflect the colour of the RADLD campaign to raise awareness of DLD. Explore our website here: www.dara.org.uk/ #DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social

Friday is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) awareness day. Why not join in? Here's how: - You will find lots of information about DLD via the hashtag #DLDday. - Watch our account for updates from the Dara project. - Follow @radld.bsky.social and @wordaware.bsky.social - Visit radld.org

SLT students at Essex Uni are looking to interview SLTs and SLTAs with experience of using gesture in aphasia therapy in acute settings- please get in touch with Maddy and Laura if you’re interested. @basaphasia.bsky.social @susieslt.bsky.social @aphasiatherapycen.bsky.social @abracabadger.com

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Very excited to see @edwyncollins.bsky.social for his #Testimonial tour London date tonight. Edwyn is my indie hero & a generous contributor to one of our previous #aphasia creativity projects @citystgeorges.bsky.social. Enjoy his MakeWrite poetry recital: youtu.be/JC-6FzEN4B0?... #EdwynCollins

Beautiful scenes from Dundee Law this morning 🪶

👀 Exciting - and important - #datavis #accessibility research role! #London based + full details 👇

Come and join us on the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social project! Please share this post with anyone #DataVis who is up for an exciting new project! #ASSETS2025 #CHI2025 #HCI #DataViz

Absolutely fantastic day at the #RCSLT Scottish hub day. A wee contribution by myself and @sltros.bsky.social with a lightening talk on how we have used data in developing SLT frailty services but really enjoyed brilliant and challenging talks on AI and leadership

What a grand day at the #RCSLT Scotland day. Delighted to be a part of this inspiring profession.  @sarahheatley.bsky.social & I shared the work we've been doing with collaborators in Dundee to create a communication accessible city. Hooray for the excellent NHS Tayside adult acquired SLT service.

Quick! This post closes tomorrow. Take a look and apply if it floats your boat! www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo... #Aphasia #Slp #SLT #BlueSkySpeechies

@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Some beautiful words below about aphasia and the magic of community to nourish and rediscover identity. From the perspective of some brilliant Dundonians. #Aphasia #Scots #Dundee #WordOfMouth

news.stv.tv/north/taysid... Following this beautiful episode of word of mouth from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, see how the amazing #aphasia community in Dundee are sharing their identity through artistic expression. #BASconf25

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 Written & performed by Scots Scriever, Taylor Dyson, for #BASconf25 Life wis different then, things taken fur grantit Haud it a up in a hazy gold shimmered nostalgia When the reality is iy a crashin white cauld Memories are fragmentit noo And time moves at a different pace, [1/3]

Thank you to my brilliant Chief Scientific Officer Niamh Devane for such excellent work aboard the good ship #BASconf25. :)

Thanks for capturing the iconic bridge on your graceful #BASconf25 ascent @helenag-slt.bsky.social. Thank you for your brilliant contribution to the community.x

Update. Dundee couldn't have provided a more wonderful, warm, creative and inclusive welcome. What a blinding and magical community adventure it has been. #BASconf25. They were ready. x

🇨🇦 Accessible Commercial Communication for Equitable Services #communication #inclusion #citiesforall

Such a privilege to present in @basaphasia.bsky.social conference symposium with @abracabadger.com, @annacaute.bsky.social, Chirag Girish Kiran and @susieslt.bsky.social about #gesture ax & therapy. 1/2 #BASConf25 #aphasia

Have loved learning about ACCES project in Canada. acces.arterequebec.com/en/ from Sarah-Eve Poirier. Sounds really parallel with out great Communication Access UK training. #BASconf25

#BASConf25 Presented our Mini creative CPT with Leeds NHS acute stroke ward & Leeds Museum & Galleries. Reflections: 1. Sharing challenges 😳 can inspire others to try 2. #creativehealth can help see the person behind a stroke 3. Perseverance needed @leedsmuseums.bsky.social @jentslt.bsky.social

Wednesday Symposium... Addressing the Community in Aphasia Rehabilitation: Engaging Key Social Interactions with Helene Killmer, Marie-Christine Hall, Caroline Anglade, Sarah-Eve Poirier, & Alacandra Tessier #BASconf25

Next up Marie-Christine Hallé shares about the needs of significant others of PWA and how SLTs build relationships with SOs to support PWA. 4 qualitative studies were reviewed- these showed the extent of caregiver needs including personal & relational needs. #BASconf25

The City Gesture Checklist (CGC) a ‘quick and dirty’ printable resource for gesture analysis in aphasia. As featured in yesterday's #BASconf25 with @annacaute.bsky.social doi.org/10.25383/cit...

The Kannada version of the CGC is available here: osf.io/yt24q Congratulations to Chirag for his excellent MSc project at Uni of Essex.

Day 2 summary: 🗣️ Brilliant talks ⛴️ A tour of the RSS Discovery where we discovered we’d last about 6 mins on an Antarctic voyage & would immediately ask for Wi-Fi 💃🏼Ceilidh afterwards, proving that SLTs are surprisingly good at high-speed twirling when someone shouts “Strip the Willow” #BASconf25

On conference day 3 we welcome our keynote Dr Molly Manning - Understanding What Matters: Shaping Aphasia Care with People and Context in Mind #BASconf25

Dr Molly Manning is discussing personal and societal factors affecting living successfully with aphasia. #BASconf25 @basaphasia.bsky.social

Welcome to day 2 of #BASconf25! @lucydslt.bsky.social and @rtslt.bsky.social with you today 🙂 We opened with a welcome from Glenn Carter Head of RCSLT Scotland, inspiring us all to be influencers in our field 🙌

Our keynote today is Dr Sonia Brownsett calling for improved ax & management of language difficulties in people with brain tumours and epilepsy. The extent and prevalence of language difficulties are under-identified.. SLTs need to consider more sensitive tools to ax beyond single words #BASconf25

Next up @niamhdevane.bsky.social presenting on telehealth #apahsia assessment equivalence to face-to-face administration: the FATE-A study #BASConf25

Now up is Caroline Newton on the importance of numeracy assessment and intervention in #aphasia #BASConf25