We had our biannual NZSTA conference in Ahuriri- Napier last week. The theme- Navigating the changing landscape. The conference demonstrated how we can unite and take steps to decolonize and ground ourselves to be the best we can for all the people we work with.

Congratulations to @annetterotherham.bsky.social on this latest PhD paper 🎉🥳 🗣️It's all part of her work to develop a dyadic conversation PROM. 📚 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Michael Rosen on what happens to people's sense of identity+social being when speaking becomes hard. Jonathan Cole has interviewed people with cerebral palsy, vocal cord palsy, spasmodic dysphonia+post-stroke aphasia. They describe their experiences: frustration, isolation, adaptation+resilience.

For those of you interested in conversation therapies for aphasia - here’s my latest publication - looking at how couples where one person has aphasia, define what makes their conversations successful. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Couldn't be prouder of these amazing women who all graduated with their PhDs yesterday! Congrats Sally Zingelman, @annetterotherham.bsky.social @clairebennington.bsky.social for your excellent work in interpretation of aphasia outcomes, measurement of conversation & aphasia awareness!! 💐🎉👏🍾

6-weeks till PPA awareness day 4 April! Webinar link: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes... Listen in 2 @rosemary-townsend.bsky.social chatting to Helen from The Brainy Speech Therapy Podcast about PPA early next wk: open.spotify.com/show/7FY6mec... #PPAawareness @ppaphasiaawareness.bsky.social

Thought-provoking #DigitalHealthWeek2025 panel this afternoon - so important to have these conversations about supporting underserved populations but even more important to ‘walk the talk’ - as Talat Uppal said (paraphrased) ‘our health system should follow the person & not be so compartmentalised’

Happy to promote this day here in Aotearoa!

This is a video we did with @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social demonstrating #TotalCommunication and giving lots of tips for having a good and supportive conversation with #Aphasia 💜 hopefully a good resource alongside the other varied info and support at stroke.org.uk 💜 youtu.be/eIuDUouihcg

Best intro to a book I’ve seen in awhile

Each month we will be giving an award for the most read summary & highlighting this work on our website and socials. So get uploading at www.aphasialibrary.org ! Summaries can be of any kind of published aphasia research (qual, quant, reviews), old or new.

ICYMI on Twitter, we’ve just published our RCT of our Intensive Comprehensive #Aphasia Program (ICAP). Good enough results. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FP2JB...

Please make a submission on the Te Tiriti Principles Bill by the 7th January bills.parliament.nz/v/Bill/227e6...

Curating my new BlueSky Feed... '"I just kept asking and asking and there was nothing": Re-thinking community resources & supports for young adult #stroke survivors' by Huang, Marais, Mortenson, Nadeau, Arsenault, @vancouverstroke.bsky.social and myself www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Follow the Aphasia Research Library aphasialibrary.org on X @AphasiaLibrary and BlueSky bsky.app/profile/apha...

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

The Aphasia Research Library www.aphasialibrary.org is a new, free resource for creating and sharing aphasia friendly research summaries. Co-designed with people living with aphasia and researchers. Learn more here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xais8...

Are you a person with dementia or a carer? Help improve communication in research! @sgriffiths-6.bsky.social is creating a video to empower voices in PPIE meetings. Join the workshops (paid opportunity) & share your ideas. Open to diverse backgrounds.

Fab opportunity for #SLPeeps interested in brain injury to join an amazing team!

Just new here and overnight I have gathered some followers- kia ora friends! Now back to thesis writing.

toitutetiriti.co.nz/pages/kaupapa For anyone wanting to learn more about the kaupapa (principle/purpose/philosophy) behind the Hikoi mō te Tiriti (March for the Treaty of Waitangi) #hikoi #hikoimotetiriti #tetiriti #treatyofwaitangi #aotearoa #newzealand #toitutetiriti

Mood forever Decolonization is more than a metaphor #rangartiratanga #justice #TeTiriti