Lois Cameron
@loiscameron.bsky.social
Interested in communication ,#humanrights, equality, #socialcare, #learningdisabilty, #poetry, tennis ,the great outdoors ! Was a founder of the #socialenterprise @TalkingMats. NED of central advocacy partners & First Fund, FRCSLT, FRSA.
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📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Jill Bradshaw
Jill's session is titled "Talking Mats in research and practice"
Consultant Speech & Language Therapist; RCSLT National Clinical Adviser for Learning Disabilities; Jill founded the @talkingmats.bsky.social Research Network
Book your free space now 👇👇
Jill's session is titled "Talking Mats in research and practice"
Consultant Speech & Language Therapist; RCSLT National Clinical Adviser for Learning Disabilities; Jill founded the @talkingmats.bsky.social Research Network
Book your free space now 👇👇
MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS
Bringing together academics, practitioners, parents, autistic young adults ♾️ to create ethical methods for including non-speaking neurodiverse people in research
Sign up now 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...
🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS
Bringing together academics, practitioners, parents, autistic young adults ♾️ to create ethical methods for including non-speaking neurodiverse people in research
Sign up now 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...
MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
A full-day event bringing together academics, parents, educational practitioners and non-speaking neurodiverse young people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Jill Bradshaw
Jill's session is titled "Talking Mats in research and practice"
Consultant Speech & Language Therapist; RCSLT National Clinical Adviser for Learning Disabilities; Jill founded the @talkingmats.bsky.social Research Network
Book your free space now 👇👇
Jill's session is titled "Talking Mats in research and practice"
Consultant Speech & Language Therapist; RCSLT National Clinical Adviser for Learning Disabilities; Jill founded the @talkingmats.bsky.social Research Network
Book your free space now 👇👇
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Looking forward to presenting our new spirituality Talking Mats Resource on the 6th Nov @autismtheology.bsky.social conference . Book your space now #interfaith #autism
Frequently asked questions for our upcoming conference!
We hope this gives you all the answers you need, but please email cat@abdn.ac.uk if you still have any questions.
A full conference schedule can be found here: www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...
Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
We hope this gives you all the answers you need, but please email cat@abdn.ac.uk if you still have any questions.
A full conference schedule can be found here: www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...
Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Looking forward to presenting our new spirituality Talking Mats Resource on the 6th Nov @autismtheology.bsky.social conference . Book your space now #interfaith #autism
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‘Borders chief can’t name a way Brexit has helped UK control its borders’
Brexit is squarely on Farage, and the Tories, hence why they’ve moved on to saying it’s actually the ECHR that’s the problem, so we should leave that now too.
Brexit is squarely on Farage, and the Tories, hence why they’ve moved on to saying it’s actually the ECHR that’s the problem, so we should leave that now too.
Borders chief can’t name a way Brexit has helped UK control its borders
The new border security commander, Martin Hewitt, said he did ‘not immediately’ have an answer
www.independent.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
‘Borders chief can’t name a way Brexit has helped UK control its borders’
Brexit is squarely on Farage, and the Tories, hence why they’ve moved on to saying it’s actually the ECHR that’s the problem, so we should leave that now too.
Brexit is squarely on Farage, and the Tories, hence why they’ve moved on to saying it’s actually the ECHR that’s the problem, so we should leave that now too.
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😍 #WestLothian #SpokesMap 2025 is here!!
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Launched by MP @kittysull1.bsky.social & Deputy Provost #PeterHeggie
🤩 See Special Offer [ends 31 Oct]
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Launched by MP @kittysull1.bsky.social & Deputy Provost #PeterHeggie
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Until 31 October 2025 you can order direct from Spokes, by post or email [office@spokes.org.uk] at the special price of £7 each including postage.
You can also order 6 maps for our standard bulk-order price of £30 – perfect to resell at your workplace, school or amongst friends and relations – give them a cheap price or raise cash for a charity. Or as a present to your 6 best friends! [Postage may be added if delivery or collection cannot be arranged].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2ood4k4wojq5jku2zl3myqco/bafkreihcplerk66a4q7ryp5dqtqqt3okxg2rwgpzb7flyiyolm3wf4fxda@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
😍 #WestLothian #SpokesMap 2025 is here!!
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Launched by MP @kittysull1.bsky.social & Deputy Provost #PeterHeggie
🤩 See Special Offer [ends 31 Oct]
@edi.bike @thecockburn.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
INFO--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/10/west...
Launched by MP @kittysull1.bsky.social & Deputy Provost #PeterHeggie
🤩 See Special Offer [ends 31 Oct]
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Congratulations to our new Licenced Trainers!
These talented individuals are now licenced to train others within their teams in Talking Mats.
We look forward to hearing how you all get on.
For more information on becoming a Talking Mats Licenced Trainer please contact licenced@talkingmats.com
These talented individuals are now licenced to train others within their teams in Talking Mats.
We look forward to hearing how you all get on.
For more information on becoming a Talking Mats Licenced Trainer please contact licenced@talkingmats.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Congratulations to our new Licenced Trainers!
These talented individuals are now licenced to train others within their teams in Talking Mats.
We look forward to hearing how you all get on.
For more information on becoming a Talking Mats Licenced Trainer please contact licenced@talkingmats.com
These talented individuals are now licenced to train others within their teams in Talking Mats.
We look forward to hearing how you all get on.
For more information on becoming a Talking Mats Licenced Trainer please contact licenced@talkingmats.com
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#WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay2025
Find some inspiration in our top 10 Mental Health blogs.
www.talkingmats.com/top-mental-h...
Find some inspiration in our top 10 Mental Health blogs.
www.talkingmats.com/top-mental-h...
Top Mental Health Blogs - Improving Communication, Improving Lives
Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties. How Talking Mats can improve communication and lives.
www.talkingmats.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay2025
Find some inspiration in our top 10 Mental Health blogs.
www.talkingmats.com/top-mental-h...
Find some inspiration in our top 10 Mental Health blogs.
www.talkingmats.com/top-mental-h...
Coexist -Came across this water fountain on a walk in Cape Ferrat today If you look hard the C is a Muslim moon , the X is the Jewish star and the T is the Christian cross - a message that is never more needed in the world today
October 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Coexist -Came across this water fountain on a walk in Cape Ferrat today If you look hard the C is a Muslim moon , the X is the Jewish star and the T is the Christian cross - a message that is never more needed in the world today
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Are you using or planning to use Talking Mats in research? Then you'll want to read this month's Research Spotlight.
#CommunicationResearch
#CommunicationResearch
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Are you using or planning to use Talking Mats in research? Then you'll want to read this month's Research Spotlight.
#CommunicationResearch
#CommunicationResearch
Very proud of Nima starting his #ultracycle for #palestine via @medicinesanfrontiers Hope the weather is kind and if you do have some money to spare . He would appreciate a donation www.justgiving.com/page/nima-kh...
Nima's fundraiser for Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Help Nima Khorshidi raise money to support Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
www.justgiving.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Very proud of Nima starting his #ultracycle for #palestine via @medicinesanfrontiers Hope the weather is kind and if you do have some money to spare . He would appreciate a donation www.justgiving.com/page/nima-kh...
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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BLOG, 2nd in our series on rehabilitation. What does rehabilitation in dementia mean to me as a speech & language therapist? ‘Rehabilitation is a big word with a range of nuanced meaning for all involved. As a speech and language therapist …..’ letstalkaboutdementia.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/w...
September 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
BLOG, 2nd in our series on rehabilitation. What does rehabilitation in dementia mean to me as a speech & language therapist? ‘Rehabilitation is a big word with a range of nuanced meaning for all involved. As a speech and language therapist …..’ letstalkaboutdementia.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/w...
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Been great working with @forceschildscot.bsky.social to produce this bespoke Talking Mats resource to allow children & young people space to express their thoughts on being in a family where a parent serves in the forces forceschildrenscotland.org.uk/news/success...
September 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Been great working with @forceschildscot.bsky.social to produce this bespoke Talking Mats resource to allow children & young people space to express their thoughts on being in a family where a parent serves in the forces forceschildrenscotland.org.uk/news/success...
For anyone in #Stirling a new community hub drop in has opened on a Wednesday. Come for soup, cuppas and surplus food to take away All welcome at Queen Street Methodist church 11- 1 .This week lots of tomatoes,blueberries, potatoes,bread, courgettes,noodles filled take away bags Reduce #foodwaste
September 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For anyone in #Stirling a new community hub drop in has opened on a Wednesday. Come for soup, cuppas and surplus food to take away All welcome at Queen Street Methodist church 11- 1 .This week lots of tomatoes,blueberries, potatoes,bread, courgettes,noodles filled take away bags Reduce #foodwaste
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A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
Great time working with my son, Joe on a business strategy for his brilliant app, Squiddity. This approach helped him get his health back. Now he’s making a gentle &motivating app to help others integrate the strategies that help them become part of daily life. squiddity.app #chronicconditions
September 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Great time working with my son, Joe on a business strategy for his brilliant app, Squiddity. This approach helped him get his health back. Now he’s making a gentle &motivating app to help others integrate the strategies that help them become part of daily life. squiddity.app #chronicconditions
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Are you trained in Talking Mats and interested in taking part in a pilot study for our new Resource; Spirituality?
This Resource aims to open up conversations around Spirituality with people with Learning Disabilities / Autism.
Full details in today's blog
www.talkingmats.com/opportunity-...
This Resource aims to open up conversations around Spirituality with people with Learning Disabilities / Autism.
Full details in today's blog
www.talkingmats.com/opportunity-...
Opportunity to join the Talking Mats Spirituality Resource pilot - Improving Communication, Improving Lives
Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties. How Talking Mats can improve communication and lives.
www.talkingmats.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Are you trained in Talking Mats and interested in taking part in a pilot study for our new Resource; Spirituality?
This Resource aims to open up conversations around Spirituality with people with Learning Disabilities / Autism.
Full details in today's blog
www.talkingmats.com/opportunity-...
This Resource aims to open up conversations around Spirituality with people with Learning Disabilities / Autism.
Full details in today's blog
www.talkingmats.com/opportunity-...
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Nigel Farage is about to give evidence to the US Congress on threats to free speech in the UK.
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
Chicken Farage bans The New World
It claims to be the party of free speech, but this last-minute decision to stop me attending tells a very different story
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nigel Farage is about to give evidence to the US Congress on threats to free speech in the UK.
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
Next Wednesday 10th Sept 11am to 1pm all are welcome to the Queen Street community hub for a free cuppa , bowl of soup and bag of food - thanks to Fairshare Scotland, and local food shops. A welcoming space with a green, no waste purpose. Please share with any #stirling folk that maybe interested
September 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Next Wednesday 10th Sept 11am to 1pm all are welcome to the Queen Street community hub for a free cuppa , bowl of soup and bag of food - thanks to Fairshare Scotland, and local food shops. A welcoming space with a green, no waste purpose. Please share with any #stirling folk that maybe interested
As the #communicationmatters conference approaches there are lots of good memories of working with Lucia & presenting with her there. She had huge insight into #augcomm and I loved working with her on the @talkingmats Inclusion & diversity resource . Her early sudden passing is so sad.
Lucia Tullio passed away earlier this year. With her family's permission we have posted a short tribute to her.
www.talkingmats.com/lucia-tullio...
www.talkingmats.com/lucia-tullio...
August 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As the #communicationmatters conference approaches there are lots of good memories of working with Lucia & presenting with her there. She had huge insight into #augcomm and I loved working with her on the @talkingmats Inclusion & diversity resource . Her early sudden passing is so sad.
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Over 60% of young people in prison have #DevLangDis #IALP2025
August 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Over 60% of young people in prison have #DevLangDis #IALP2025
One third of wounded in #Gaza are children - what a terrible , shameful statistic . This must stop ✋ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A third of outpatients treated for wounds at MSF’s Gaza hospitals in 2024 were children, figures show
Explosive weapons designed to be used in battle are being used in urban areas, says Médecins Sans Frontières
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
One third of wounded in #Gaza are children - what a terrible , shameful statistic . This must stop ✋ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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📚 “Some people with learning disability aren’t challenged, because there’s an expectation we can’t learn.”
Meet Aaron—a student, campaigner, and human rights defender breaking barriers in education.
🧠💬 Read more: zurl.co/qkobU
Meet Aaron—a student, campaigner, and human rights defender breaking barriers in education.
🧠💬 Read more: zurl.co/qkobU
July 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📚 “Some people with learning disability aren’t challenged, because there’s an expectation we can’t learn.”
Meet Aaron—a student, campaigner, and human rights defender breaking barriers in education.
🧠💬 Read more: zurl.co/qkobU
Meet Aaron—a student, campaigner, and human rights defender breaking barriers in education.
🧠💬 Read more: zurl.co/qkobU
Delighted to hear about Sarah Ezekiel’s voice on the news- a brilliant use of AI to recreate her voice from a short pre #MND 8 sec video clip She’s an amazing artist .I was the proud winner of this beautiful #eyegaze picture of hers at the communication matters conference some years back #augcomm
August 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Sure we will have some really interesting conversations & shared learning around using @talkingmats in a #capacity context - plus participants will have an excellent bespoke TM capacity resource to help in practice #supporteddecisions #socialwork
Upskill alert! If you are trained in Talking Mats and supporting adults with communication difficulties this course is for you. Delivered by @loiscameron.bsky.social and Julie King this course is facilitated by Course Beetle.
Booking details on coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/talk...
Booking details on coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/talk...
August 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sure we will have some really interesting conversations & shared learning around using @talkingmats in a #capacity context - plus participants will have an excellent bespoke TM capacity resource to help in practice #supporteddecisions #socialwork
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This month’s research spotlight shines on Sweden , the Dart centre for #AAC &technology Their freely available paper describes how Talking Mats was used to explore the views & perspectives of children and young people on their speaking and reading activities #slcn #communicationdisability #dyslexia
August 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This month’s research spotlight shines on Sweden , the Dart centre for #AAC &technology Their freely available paper describes how Talking Mats was used to explore the views & perspectives of children and young people on their speaking and reading activities #slcn #communicationdisability #dyslexia