I know that there’s no way England are going to score another 228 runs. I know that. However, I can almost guarantee that, like last night, I will be waking up regularly to check the score because I can’t quash that tiny glimmer of useless hope. #England #Cricket #TheAshes

Landlord: “What can I get you?” Man: *stares at bear sitting at the bar wearing an ice cream cornet on his head* “Who’s that?” Landlord: “That’s Ian. He’s the pub mascot. He is in honour of my favourite Arnold Schwarzenegger film” Man: “Cone on the bar bear Ian?” Landlord: “No, Predator”.

Yaaaaaayyyyyyy #Euro2025

It's here! Why not paint and deposit a #RockingAphasia stone somewhere in your world this June for #AphasiaAwarenessMonth? 🪨🖌️🎨 🌎🌍🌏 Visit RockingAphasia.com or click on the hashtag #RockingAphasia to learn more.

June is international Aphasia Awareness Month! & Australian Aphasia Association’s 25th birthday! 🥳 AAA developed “25 Ways to Raise Awareness of Aphasia” Aphasia-friendly document with 25 different ideas for raising aphasia awareness. Download here - aphasiacre.wpcomstaging.com/2025/06/03/j...

Thanks to everyone who has reposted, I’ve been told the link in the post is not working correctly so hopefully this one will work!: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bcu/cog-ne...

📢 Research participants needed! UK-based SLT students, NQPs, academic and practice educators. Share your experiences: as an SLT student or NQP identifying as disabled &/or neurodivergent &/or living with a long-term condition or as an SLT educator. #slt #slt2b #SLPeeps #blueskySPEECHIES

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_...

@aphasiologist1.bsky.social thought you’d be interested to know about this.

Brilliant.

Could not love this story more 😍

The C-STAR Lecture Series (2024–2025) features biweekly online talks on topics such as #aphasia, #stroke rehabilitation, #neuroimaging, #neurostimulation, and the neurobiology of #language. Talks are open via Zoom, typically Fridays at 11:30am ET. Schedule & access: cstar.sc.edu/lecture-seri...

English #SLPeeps #SLT - what are your thoughts on the new #NHSUniform for us? I quite like the colour (though the one I ordered didn’t fit at all 🫣)

Today, 4 April 2025, is the 1st ever Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) awareness day! Free UK webinar today: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes... Missed it? A recording will be on our website: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes... @annavolkmer.bsky.social @rosemary-townsend.bsky.social

Interest in the PPA awareness day event has exceeded our expectations! If you are coming to our webinar - come along early 2 guarantee a place! speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes... We will record the event & pop it on our website @rosemary-townsend.bsky.social @ppaphasiaawareness.bsky.social

PPA awareness day has made international headlines! With articles in 🇳🇴 Norway: www.logopedtidsskriftet.no/aktuelt/ppa-... @rosemary-townsend.bsky.social @annavolkmer.bsky.social @ingvildw.bsky.social @monicanor.bsky.social

#PPAawareness day is here! 🙌🏻 motivated,inspired & shaped by people living with #PrimaryProgressiveAphasia & driven by a community of international #SLT #SLP s who believe in better access to therapy support & resources. Huge thx to the amazing @[email protected] & @dyscoveraphasia

Woohoo! #JackDraper #IndianWells #Champion #ATPTennis

4-weeks till PPA awareness day 4 April! Webinar link: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes... Why is speech and language therapy important for people living with PPA? We asked people with PPA, families and professionals. Watch our video abt it! #PPAawareness @ppaphasiaawareness.bsky.social

Watching US UK School Swap. It is WILD! The English kid is coming to a rural Arkansas house and the adults have spent time locking away all the knives, guns and crossbow bolts 😳 #SchoolSwapUKtoUSA

Not happy with the result of the #GreatPotteryThrowdown ***Spoiler below*** One potter made a perfect amphora and yet a potter with a broken one won.

Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

I’m properly annoyed by #CelebrityHunted. The hunters apparently use “the power of the state” and yet they don’t seem to know that bugging people’s houses isn’t legal without permissions at the highest level. You can’t just slip one into someone’s house on the fly. That’s cheating.

After today’s #TheHundred sell off I’ve been looking through the teams just in case this is my year to commit to watching. I’m delighted, delighted I tell you, to see that they’re all sponsored by crisps! So wholesome. Considering #NorthernSuperchargers sponsored by my faves McCoys 😂

Would you like to hear from some people with #aphasia about their views on #AI? New podcast from #RCSLT with me and Caitlin Longman. You can also hear Chat GPT over-promise its SLT credentials to support language practice! (Take that bit with a pinch of salt!). m.soundcloud.com/rcslt/how-is...

This is where I’d normally go onto Xitter, but since I don’t post there now BlueSky gets it instead. WHAT A GAME! 26-25 with a converted try in the 79th/80th minute to secure a tight win for England! #EngVFra #SixNations #M6N #RugbyUnion @englandrugby.bsky.social ❤️❤️

Come and join our amazingly talented and welcoming @manmetuni.bsky.social #SLT programme team! manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

We're new on Bluesky! 👋 Follow us for updates from the British Aphasiology Society including news about our events

Another BIG #aphasia question. Do we need to get greater consensus on the aim of aphasia rehabilitation? Whose opinion on this matters? What does recovery after aphasia look like? Are there benefits of greater consensus? If so, how do we go about getting greater consensus?

My BIG picture questions aim to promote reflection & discussion. My own are: 1. Research the things that matter to people living with aphasia. 2. Aphasia research should do better to improve the lives (not just the components of language) of people affected by aphasia. 3. Solid data trumps opinion

Do you work with people with #stroke and #aphasia in the community? Interested in supporting wellbeing and self management? Have a look at this course 👇👇 All online and self paced. Deadline for registration 12th February www.city.ac.uk/prospective-...

Exceeding the word limit in your manuscript? Here are 7 strategies to reduce your word count. A thread. 🧵 #AcademicSky #PhdSky #AcademicWriting (1/10)

UK SLTs working with school aged children - please share your experiences below to help guideline development. 👇

#BSKYspeechies and #SLPeeps welcome aphasiologist & awesome SLP, @jamieazios.bsky.social to 🦋!

OK fine, here’s another picture of the pooches.

This is keeper! “Being Really Confidently Wrong” Explaining how to deal with problematic reviews of #qualitative work. Thanks @vicclarke.bsky.social @ginnybraun.bsky.social Article: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... Supplemental mat (don't say this in a qual review): supp.apa.org/psycarticles...

The wonderful Dr Anna Volkmer and many other wonderful #SLPeeps have slayed here with this second edition on #PrimaryProgressiveAphasia #PPA and other communication difficulties in #dementia and progressive diseases. @jandrpress.bsky.social

I’ve deleted the Twitter app. It’s a sad day, because I loved that site (pre Musk). It does mean I’m going to put the work in here though. *I can’t promise I won’t go back to check out the speechies not on bluesky but it’s not the essential site that it was.

#BSkySpeechies - 2025 hopes? I’m hoping to: 1. Submit a paper on my #aphasia #research to a journal (vague much? I fancy aphasiogy but do they/reviewer 2 want me?) 2. Carry out a scoping review with #dysphagia colleagues 3. Become FEES competent 4. Inspire a student to love working in #stroke

Paediatric -#bskyspeechies - what’s the current best evidence for language learning for neurodivergence? Thinking about ND patients who then acquire #aphasia. I will be looking at the literature for this group but interested what’s happening in kinderland? Thank you

Startling statistics from Dr Cornelius Werner about rates of dysphagia after mechanical thrombectomy - 81%, 1/3 silent aspiration, with poor results from standardised swallowing assessment. His recommendation- don’t bother, use FEES/VFS as standard after MT. #UKSF24

Currently watching When Away the Words Went - the Stroke Association’s film on #aphasia - at #UKSF24

"Eighty-five percent of medical research goes to waste, partly because it is not appropriately communicated to stakeholders." Wow! We need to get better at sharing research with the general public. Guidance given below😊 #devlangdis

Right, #UKSF day 1. Great talk on #coproduction and #codesign - including experts by experience @choclit.bsky.social and her husband Jenks. I made notes some of which are below:

Struggle synthesising you work for the abstract? You're not alone. Here's a handy recipe for your abstract: https://buff.ly/4fMo2Jo #NewPI #PIchat #AcWri

Poster tour 6 🙂

Planning to (what do we call tweeting her on blue sky?) post some stuff about #UKSF - mostly #BSkySpeechies stuff but anything else interesting about #Stroke or any cool posters if the owners allow. Watch this space from Tuesday to Thursday.

#UKSF UK Stroke Forum tomorrow. #BSkySpeechies come and say hi on Wednesday, poster tour 6, mine’s the bright blue one 😂 #Stroke #Aphasia #Research

Thread of useful ##bskyspeechies material for us newbies over here. Thanks @nichola-slp.bsky.social 😊

#PetPhotos you say? Well OK then…