Nikki Botting
@profnikkibotting.bsky.social
Prof of Dev Disorders & Dev psychologist @citystgeorges.bsky.social | Mum | #Christian |She/Her
Research about #DevLangDis #autism
#BSkySpeechies #SLPeeps #Suffolk
Research about #DevLangDis #autism
#BSkySpeechies #SLPeeps #Suffolk
Reposted by Nikki Botting
30% of students with SEND have speech, language and communication needs. It's the most common need.
It doesn't get anything like the profile that it should. After all these years of working in this sector that still flummoxes me.
It doesn't get anything like the profile that it should. After all these years of working in this sector that still flummoxes me.
Data from the Department for Education shows that 30% of children with SEND have speech and language challenges.
Learn more about why it's so important that these children are put at the heart of SEND reform: https://bit.ly/47CfJhT
Learn more about why it's so important that these children are put at the heart of SEND reform: https://bit.ly/47CfJhT
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
30% of students with SEND have speech, language and communication needs. It's the most common need.
It doesn't get anything like the profile that it should. After all these years of working in this sector that still flummoxes me.
It doesn't get anything like the profile that it should. After all these years of working in this sector that still flummoxes me.
Are you the parent or carer of a child born in 2023? Please fill in our #research questionnaire on #talking and #thinking!
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
It takes about 40mins and is anonymous but you can choose to be entered into a prize draw 😊
Please share! #SLPeeps
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
It takes about 40mins and is anonymous but you can choose to be entered into a prize draw 😊
Please share! #SLPeeps
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Are you the parent or carer of a child born in 2023? Please fill in our #research questionnaire on #talking and #thinking!
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
It takes about 40mins and is anonymous but you can choose to be entered into a prize draw 😊
Please share! #SLPeeps
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
It takes about 40mins and is anonymous but you can choose to be entered into a prize draw 😊
Please share! #SLPeeps
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#Scratby #Norfolk #holiday #muchneededbreak
#Scratby #Norfolk #holiday #muchneededbreak
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November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A quick plug for this beautiful family #seaside getaway www.eastcoasthideaways.co.uk/cransley-scr...
#Scratby #Norfolk #holiday #muchneededbreak
#Scratby #Norfolk #holiday #muchneededbreak
#EasyJet are not on BlueSky but big shoutout to groundcrew (esp John) & aircrew at #Gatwickairport yesterday eve who were amazing at returning my daughter’s wallet that was left on plane. Told us it was safe super quickly & had it back to us in 45mins. Really friendly folk who went above & beyond. 🙏🏻
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#EasyJet are not on BlueSky but big shoutout to groundcrew (esp John) & aircrew at #Gatwickairport yesterday eve who were amazing at returning my daughter’s wallet that was left on plane. Told us it was safe super quickly & had it back to us in 45mins. Really friendly folk who went above & beyond. 🙏🏻
These are the types of #datavis we would like to make more #accessible 😊
@daraprojectcity.bsky.social
@daraprojectcity.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
These are the types of #datavis we would like to make more #accessible 😊
@daraprojectcity.bsky.social
@daraprojectcity.bsky.social
Take a look at our exciting work on understanding #DataVis for people with #DLD #DevLangDis and people with #aphasia.
AND give @daraprojectcity.bsky.social a follow! #SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
AND give @daraprojectcity.bsky.social a follow! #SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
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/...
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/...
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Take a look at our exciting work on understanding #DataVis for people with #DLD #DevLangDis and people with #aphasia.
AND give @daraprojectcity.bsky.social a follow! #SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
AND give @daraprojectcity.bsky.social a follow! #SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
Reposted by Nikki Botting
Hot on the heels of #DLDday, Monday is the first international aphasia awareness day.
Why not join in?:
- Find information about aphasia via the hashtag #aphasia.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @sayaphasia.bsky.social
- Visit www.aphasia-international.com
Why not join in?:
- Find information about aphasia via the hashtag #aphasia.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @sayaphasia.bsky.social
- Visit www.aphasia-international.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hot on the heels of #DLDday, Monday is the first international aphasia awareness day.
Why not join in?:
- Find information about aphasia via the hashtag #aphasia.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @sayaphasia.bsky.social
- Visit www.aphasia-international.com
Why not join in?:
- Find information about aphasia via the hashtag #aphasia.
- Watch our account for updates from the Dara project.
- Follow @sayaphasia.bsky.social
- Visit www.aphasia-international.com
Reposted by Nikki Botting
It's almost the end of #DLDday and so here's my thread about Developmental Language Disorder.
If you don't know about DLD then this is for you.
If you know about DLD please share so more people learn about this common but widely unknown condition.
If you don't know about DLD then this is for you.
If you know about DLD please share so more people learn about this common but widely unknown condition.
#DLDday is coming, so I’m starting a thread over a few days.
DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it.
#DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social
DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it.
#DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's almost the end of #DLDday and so here's my thread about Developmental Language Disorder.
If you don't know about DLD then this is for you.
If you know about DLD please share so more people learn about this common but widely unknown condition.
If you don't know about DLD then this is for you.
If you know about DLD please share so more people learn about this common but widely unknown condition.
Reposted by Nikki Botting
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
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
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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
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
#Parents! #Caregivers! Was your #child born just after #lockdowns in 2021 (July to Oct?)
We need your help with a #study looking at post-pandemic #talking and #thinking skills 😊
Free tablet for taking part.
Also check out our new website: bornincovidyear.co.uk
We need your help with a #study looking at post-pandemic #talking and #thinking skills 😊
Free tablet for taking part.
Also check out our new website: bornincovidyear.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#Parents! #Caregivers! Was your #child born just after #lockdowns in 2021 (July to Oct?)
We need your help with a #study looking at post-pandemic #talking and #thinking skills 😊
Free tablet for taking part.
Also check out our new website: bornincovidyear.co.uk
We need your help with a #study looking at post-pandemic #talking and #thinking skills 😊
Free tablet for taking part.
Also check out our new website: bornincovidyear.co.uk
Here again at the beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds to see @blackeyedtheatre.bsky.social
#Sherlock #SherlockHolmes #Moriaty
#Sherlock #SherlockHolmes #Moriaty
September 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here again at the beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds to see @blackeyedtheatre.bsky.social
#Sherlock #SherlockHolmes #Moriaty
#Sherlock #SherlockHolmes #Moriaty
If you are the parent of an #autistic child and would like to help to shape #research please contact Mariana.
You don’t need to be an expert in anything except your experience of being a parent of an autistic child!
Your views will help to make our research relevant and family-friendly.
#autism
You don’t need to be an expert in anything except your experience of being a parent of an autistic child!
Your views will help to make our research relevant and family-friendly.
#autism
September 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great few days in beautiful #neuchatel discussing and evaluating the world leading #language #research from @nccrlanguage.bsky.social - worth a follow 😊
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great few days in beautiful #neuchatel discussing and evaluating the world leading #language #research from @nccrlanguage.bsky.social - worth a follow 😊
Just a shout out for the UN world #food app
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August 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Just a shout out for the UN world #food app
sharethemeal.org/now?adjust_t... #ShareTheMeal and help #children in need with a tap. ShareTheMeal here:
sharethemeal.org/now?adjust_t... #ShareTheMeal and help #children in need with a tap. ShareTheMeal here:
Congratulations to everyone getting A level results today! Every year I post the fact that I got BCD, didn’t get my university of choice, but met my husband at uni & I’m now a full professor doing a job I love. So if you didn’t get what you wanted, don’t despair! There are many different pathways 😊🎓
August 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to everyone getting A level results today! Every year I post the fact that I got BCD, didn’t get my university of choice, but met my husband at uni & I’m now a full professor doing a job I love. So if you didn’t get what you wanted, don’t despair! There are many different pathways 😊🎓
Yet another amazing production from @redrosechain.bsky.social at @suttonhoo.bsky.social
#Hamlet #Shakespeare #theatre
#Hamlet #Shakespeare #theatre
August 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Yet another amazing production from @redrosechain.bsky.social at @suttonhoo.bsky.social
#Hamlet #Shakespeare #theatre
#Hamlet #Shakespeare #theatre
Also lovely to see @proflucydipper.bsky.social here now! Please give her a follow! #linguistics #aphasia #psychology #SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
August 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Also lovely to see @proflucydipper.bsky.social here now! Please give her a follow! #linguistics #aphasia #psychology #SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
Very pleased to see @helensc.bsky.social and my methodological paper on changes in #likelihood status for #siblings of children with communication difficulties published 😊 #devlangdis #autism
Thanks to funding from the Heather van der Lely Foundation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to funding from the Heather van der Lely Foundation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Very pleased to see @helensc.bsky.social and my methodological paper on changes in #likelihood status for #siblings of children with communication difficulties published 😊 #devlangdis #autism
Thanks to funding from the Heather van der Lely Foundation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to funding from the Heather van der Lely Foundation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@nationalrail.bsky.social @greateranglia.bsky.social drone flying over the tracks filming people entering and leaving the station at #Stowmarket feels like an intrusion of privacy. Is it allowed?
July 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
@nationalrail.bsky.social @greateranglia.bsky.social drone flying over the tracks filming people entering and leaving the station at #Stowmarket feels like an intrusion of privacy. Is it allowed?
Reposted by Nikki Botting
🌟We are looking for children turning 4 years old to participate in our study 🚲🎉 If your child was born in England just after lockdowns ended (between July 19th and October 19th 2021) you could take part and get a free Amazon Fire Tablet! 🖱️Sign up here: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🌟We are looking for children turning 4 years old to participate in our study 🚲🎉 If your child was born in England just after lockdowns ended (between July 19th and October 19th 2021) you could take part and get a free Amazon Fire Tablet! 🖱️Sign up here: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Reposted by Nikki Botting
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
Dara is undertaking new research into accessible #datavis for people with #aphasia and #DLD.
@daraprojectcity.bsky.social
dara.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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
Dara is undertaking new research into accessible #datavis for people with #aphasia and #DLD.
@daraprojectcity.bsky.social
Reposted by Nikki Botting
Grateful for the opportunity to share some of my research at #NDAS2025 yesterday! Huge thanks to the organisers and to all the inspiring speakers who made it such a great day.
June 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to share some of my research at #NDAS2025 yesterday! Huge thanks to the organisers and to all the inspiring speakers who made it such a great day.
Reposted by Nikki Botting
Today at #NDAS2025: using #AI for systematic literature review quality assessments with Dr Nick Behn, and checking methodology and designing animated online tasks for kids with Professor @steer-rhinos.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today at #NDAS2025: using #AI for systematic literature review quality assessments with Dr Nick Behn, and checking methodology and designing animated online tasks for kids with Professor @steer-rhinos.bsky.social