What research exists on making data visualisation accessible to adults with language disabilities? youtu.be/dViI0H52Skg Watch this brilliant video summary from @edldproject.bsky.social to learn the results of our review. #DataVis #DataViz #Aphasia #DevLangDis #A11y

Thank you for sharing the key messages from the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social team scoping review @edldproject.bsky.social Almost no research has explored whether data visualisations are accessible for people living with language disability. The Dara study is looking to change that!

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

Explore cutting-edge tools, digital therapies, and how AI is reshaping recovery. #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. This #WorldStrokeDay we are raising awareness of #aphasia by talking about our research. The @DaraProjectCity.bsky.social looks at everyday information - like maps, pie charts, and physical data to see how easy-to-use people with #aphasia or #DLD find it.

We’re putting together our latest newsletter. 📧 [email protected] by 7th November with your aphasia related news

Stroke is the leading cause of #aphasia. To mark #WorldStrokeDay we are raising awareness of a great resource from The Stroke Association to support people with aphasia to practice filling in forms online. www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/effec... @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social @sayaphasia.bsky.social

We are raising awareness of aphasia by: 3. Sharing an insight into data and aphasia. In this clip, Janet explains how aphasia affects the processing of everyday information for her. youtu.be/XYXSxNu01gc?... #aphasia @sayaphasia.bsky.social @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social

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

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

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

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

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

Received this from a friend of mine on this special day, #DLDDay: DLD is a hidden, yet pervasive, lifelong disability that affects two children in every classroom. It is 5 times more common than ASD, & even more common than ADHD !!! For more info see RADLD.org speechandlanguage.org.uk Afasic.org.uk

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

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: 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/...

Come and join the Dara team at City St Georges and creative innovative, accessible data visualization! More about the project here: www.dara.org.uk More about the vacancy for a #datavis #HCI researcher here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a... @daraprojectcity.bsky.social

Do you have skills in human-centred data visualization? Do you want to work on an exciting multi-disciplinary project to create accessible data vis (see dara.co.uk)? Have a look at this researcher post Link: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a... Please share widely!

🚨#datavis Job alert 🚨 Fancy working with us in London as a researcher using @observablehq.com Plot for accessible #datavis? To support people with language disability in the use of data visualization for everyday decision making. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...

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

Travelling home after a fantastic #BASconf25 in #Dundee where people living with aphasia, speech therapists, researchers and academics were all present and equal part of the conversations. We had talks, discussions and dancing! Thank you @basaphasia.bsky.social and captain @abracabadger.com

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

The #BASconf25 kicks off in Dundee this morning. Keep your eyes peeled for a talk from yours truly about #datavisualization and #language disability - Why does this matter? What are we doing about it? What are the views of specialist speech and language therapists? @daraprojectcity.bsky.social

Dundee is looking glorious in the sunshine today. I've been out and about asking the locals if they are ready for next week's @basaphasia.bsky.social conference. Desparate Dan is ready. Oor Wullie is ready. The Dundee Penguins are ready. Rabbie Burns is ready. #BASconf25. Are you ready?

See below for news of exciting work underway in preparation for the forthcoming #BASConf25 @basaphasia.bsky.social conference. Join us in Dundee in August for the unveiling of the final artworks. #Aphasia

I’ve not posted in ages but this is newsworthy - I’m delighted we’ve been awarded funding for APT for this incredible project supporting communication for families with aphasia - leading with Prof Rebecca Palmer and a stellar team!!!! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Do you have an interest in the bridge between academic #datavis and industry/professional practice of visualization? 🚨We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager in London for our £10m centre for doctoral training in datavis. 🚨 Details here: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/jobs/a...

Marking the end of #AphasiaAwarenessMonth, the Dara project has a new website dara.org.uk Dara is undertaking new research into accessible #datavis for people with #aphasia and #DLD. @daraprojectcity.bsky.social

At the #NordicAphasiaConference in Uppsala. Beautiful surroundings for the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social poster! #aphasia #datavis #DLD #NAC2025

Welcome to BlueSky @sayaphasia.bsky.social !

📢 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-...

The #BASConf25 abstract submission portal is open! Submit your abstracts for presentations, panels, lightning talks, or posters here: blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/subm... • Submission Deadline: 17 Mar 2025, 9AM UK • Notification of Acceptance: 2 May 2025 • Conference: 18-20 August 2025 #aphasia

You beat me to it! 😜 Thank you so much @abracabadger.bsky.social and @niamhdevane.bsky.social for such a thought-provoking and engaging webinar about the important work coming out of @daraprojectcity.bsky.social - so many impactful applications for people with #language #disabilities 👏👏 🙏

Thank you for having us along today @markjayes.bsky.social, to talk about our work on the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social. It was great to discuss decision making, #DevLangDis, #aphasia and #DataViz with all who attended. Thanks, too, to @niamhdevane.bsky.social for fielding the difficult questions!

British Aphasiology Society International Conference. Dundee. Aug 18-20th 2025. Preparations for #BASconf25 in Dundee are coming along swimmingly! The conference theme is #Community. Visit the website for more information and to sign up for updates. blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/ #Aphasia #SLT

Please follow @edldproject.bsky.social now here 😊 EDLD is a participant database of >300 families & 80 adults with #devlangdis. We also have easy-read research summaries. www.engage-dld.com @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @michellestclair.bsky.social @drjennyg.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social

18th December. 4.30pm-5 30pm uk time. I'll be talking about the fascinating things we have learned so far on the @daraprojectcity.bsky.social at @citystgeorges.bsky.social. #Aphasia #DevLangDis

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content. If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv Please share with others if you can

An example of data physicalisation @daraprojectcity.bsky.social

Do you struggle with communication and using language? You could have Developmental Language Disorder Visit our website www.engage-dld.com/sign-up to find out more and sign up to our database You don't need a diagnosis to join and receive emails about news, events and research centred around DLD

The impact of DLD on mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan 👇

We still have space to talk to adults with DLD about visual data. Do you have DLD? Are you interested in helping to understand what makes good visual data design? If so please get in touch👇

Developmental Language Disorder has its own hashtag, #DevLangDis. It hasn't been very busy on here yet, but start posting, searching and sharing so we can build our community and learn together. People with DLD, families and professionals together

Do you know any adults with #DLD in the London area? Please share this research opportunity. 📊📈Graphs & graphics are not always user friendly. We want to improve them. We need adults with DLD to help us. Email [email protected] for info. @wordaware.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social

I'm delighted to announce that the next international conference by the British Aphasiology Society will take place in Dundee, Scotland on 18-20 Aug 2025. Bookmark the website to learn more details as they arrive! blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/ See you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BASconf24 #BASconf2025 #BSkySpeechies

Interesting work on #datavis and #accessibility by @niamhdevane.bsky.social What this space, I am!

What is data visualisation? Why is it important that it is accessible? Come and find me and my poster at #BASConf24 to hear more! @daraprojectcity.bsky.social

Can we use an #Alexa device to support #aphasia therapy? Here's a poster summary of some work I presented yesterday the the Bristol Aphasiology Society conference in Leicester. #BSkySpeechies #BASConf2024