International Conference on PPA Updates:

The meeting will now be July 16-17th, just after #AAIC in London, UK.

The Call for Papers is ready! Abstract submissions are due 1/15/2026 speechtherapyppa.com/icppa-confer...

#ICPPA2026 #PPAResearch
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Honored to be this year’s recipient of the National Aphasia Association Outdrive Aphasia PPA Grant! Even better to receive it alongside my (Bluesky-less) grad school partner-in-crime 😀! aphasia.org/naa-research...

Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960

“The report’s main point is surprisingly simple: people living with #dementia can still set goals, learn strategies, and adapt their lives with the right support … #rehabilitation is about focusing on what a person can still do and helping them do it for as long as possible.”
#slpeeps #cog-comm

Very proud to share my first investigation of components of verbal expression in early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease dementia, with important clinical implications for communication care in these popularions alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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I am so honored to have received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. Thank you to my team and colleagues for making it possible!! mednews.uw.edu/news/Gall%C3...

What an amazing day!

Webinars in UK, USA, France, Greece, Italy & Canada to celebrate the 1st PPA awareness day

Thank u to all contributors!

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Today is the first ever Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) awareness day! Tune in live for the US-based webinar here: aphasia.org/event/intern...

Recorded versions here: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes...

#PPAawareness
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#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 @annavolkmer@bsky.social & @dyscoveraphasia

The inaugural international PPA Awareness Day is coming up!! We are so excited to share our webinar with you and are grateful for the National Aphasia Association’s support.

2-weeks till PPA awareness day 4 April!

Webinar link: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes...

This wk we are sharing another podcast, this time created with student speech & language therapists abt the UCL PPA clinic: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

#PPAawareness
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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
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5-weeks till PPA awareness day 4 April!

Webinar link: speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awarenes...

Book launch at UCL for the 2nd Ed of our book - 16 international co-authors writing about PPA!

15% off J&R Press NOW at: www.jr-press.co.uk/product/asse...

#PPAawareness
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A tremendous endeavor: sign up today! I am very much looking forward to being in the virtual audience!