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Cardiff Babylab
@cardiffbabylab.bsky.social
We are a CUCHDS, Cardiff based research group working to understand the early development of children with and without developmental conditions. 👶🏻👩‍🔬

Website: https://www.cardiff-babylab.com/
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🌟 Exciting news! My book "Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK" (co-authored with Dr Claire Malcolm) is coming out on 8th July! With a foreword by Professor Jason Arday! Available for pre-order now!
#BlackMothers #AutismCommunity
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June 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Are you interested in Speech, Language and Communication in early years, or the policies surrounding it?

Cardiff Babylab will be attending the annual Study Day as part of the Welsh Government’s Talk With Me Campaign on Tuesday the 14th of October, and you can join too!
October 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
October is Down syndrome awareness month! 💙💛

At Cardiff Babylab, we’re proud to work with all the amazing families, charities, and organisations who make our research possible. Look out for more opportunities for little scientists to take part in our studies!
October 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Congratulations, also, to Joanna from Babylab PAN (supervised by @tomalski.bsky.social) who delivered a fantastic 15 minute presentation titled "Talking Hands: Maternal Speech and Hand Movements in Mother-Infant Interactions" 🌟

#ICDL2025
September 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Keep an eye out for some more photos and details of the babylab presentations over the next few days but, in the meantime, check out a few of our fabulous presenters from Friday's poster session!

#ICDL2025
September 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Cardiff Babylab team is back in the UK from Prague, and reflecting on the wonderful last day of #ICDL2025 and the conference in general!

Huge thank you to the conference organisers for a stimulating and thought provoking programme, we already can't wait for next year! @ieee-icdl.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We also loved the opportunity to meet and chat with the speakers and other talented conference attendees at yesterday's fantastic conference dinner!

Very excited for the third and final day of #ICDL2025
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Particular congratulations to Agata from Babylab PAN (supervised by @tomalski.bsky.social) on her fantastic spotlight talk and poster yesterday!

What a wonderful presentation! #ICDL2025
September 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Another fantastic day at @ieee-icdl.bsky.social yesterday!

We were treated to exciting keynotes about spatial language development and designing neurorobotics, and plenty of wonderful contributed talks about a range of developmental topics!

Day 3 - let's go! #ICDL2025
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A big well done to all Babylab members (Dean, Catia on behalf of Teddy, Sofia, Charlotte, and Craig) who presented their posters yesterday at @ieee-icdl.bsky.social to some wonderful feedback.

Bring on Day 2! #ICDL2025
September 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Huge congratulations to our PhD student, Craig, for his fantastic poster spotlight talk yesterday at @ieee-icdl.bsky.social - well done on a great talk and poster presentation!

#ICDL2025
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
We've had an amazing first day at @ieee-icdl.bsky.social

From fantastic keynotes to fascinating contributed papers, it's been wonderful to see the ongoing work in this exciting field that combines development with computing and robotics!

Some highlights from Day 1:

#ICDL2025
September 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Almost time for ICDL 2025. Last poster printed and looking forward to all the great sessions! @ieee-icdl.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Our fantastic PhD student, Charlotte, will be running the Cardiff Half Marathon this October to help raise money for the amazing local charity, Seren Dwt 🌟
September 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Earlier this week, our PhD student, @sofiahryniv.bsky.social, represented the Cardiff Babylab at the Child Language Symposium 2025, held at @uniofreading.bsky.social.
September 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚀Ready to bridge cutting-edge research with real-world impact?

Join the Language Acquisition Across Cultures team at The Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholingustiques as a Scientific Product Manager for the ExELang ERC Project!
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Last week, members of Cardiff Babylab attended the 9th Lancaster Conference on Infant and Child Development (LCICD), organised by the brilliant Babylab team at Lancaster University.
September 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Cardiff Babylab is excited to launch a new, remote study for medical and allied health professionals in the UK!

We are inviting professionals to give their thoughts on integrating wearable head cameras into their practice.

Find out more: www.cardiff-babylab.com/tinyexplorer...
July 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Welsh Government consultation on the Draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan closes on 7 August.

Open to contributions from anyone, find out how to contribute online or in writing at the link below!

www.gov.wales/consultation...
Consultation on the draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan [HTML] | GOV.WALES
We want your views on the draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan.
www.gov.wales
July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Speech and Cognition group at Tampere University is accepting applications for an exciting funded PhD position. The position will be associated with the Linking Age-Dependent Changes in Caregiver Speech to Infant Language Development project.

More info here: tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...
Doctoral researcher (speech technology, language research) / Väitöskirjatutkija (puheteknologia, kielentutkimus)
tuni.rekrytointi.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Is curiosity good for us, or should we learn a lesson from what curiosity did to the cat?

A fascinating discussion on the psychology of curiosity, contributed to by Cardiff University’s very own @mjgruber.bsky.social ! Find it here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, The Psychology of Curiosity at Cheltenham Science Festival
Claudia Hammond, Major Tim Peake and panel discuss the psychology of curiosity.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Early last week, Cardiff Babylab hosted LFRAZ, a free two day workshop, in collaboration with Université PSL & The Prairie Institute.

Thanks to Niveen, @catiamoliveira.bsky.social and @sofiahryniv.bsky.social for running the sessions!
June 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our lab attended a screening by @omarmohamedsw.bsky.social - an eye-opening film examining the disproportionate representation of Black children in the care system. Grateful for the conversations it sparked, and huge appreciation to the incredible panel for their expertise @nyasservices.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Reposted by Cardiff Babylab
⚠️Late-breaking results as 1-page abstracts
⌛Deadline: June 13, 2025.

Conf: September 16–19, 2025 in Prague, Czechia.
Website: icdl2025.fel.cvut.cz
IEEE ICDL 2025 – IEEE ICDL 2025
icdl2025.fel.cvut.cz
June 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We attended the first Cardiff Vision and Image Computing workshop, which took place on the 2nd of June 2025 at ABACWS

A huge thank you to the organisers in the Cardiff Visual Computing Department, all the speakers for a day of fantastic talks, and to everyone who presented posters!
June 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM