British Aphasiology Society
@basaphasia.bsky.social
Bringing together aphasia clinicians and researchers.
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We’re putting together our latest newsletter.
📧 newsletter@bas.org.uk by 7th November with your aphasia related news
📧 newsletter@bas.org.uk by 7th November with your aphasia related news
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We’re putting together our latest newsletter.
📧 newsletter@bas.org.uk by 7th November with your aphasia related news
📧 newsletter@bas.org.uk by 7th November with your aphasia related news
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MSc SLT students at @universityofessex.bsky.social are researching gesture for aphasia therapy in acute stroke care. If you’re an SLT, SLTA or Rehabilitation Assistant with experience, we’d love to hear from you! lr19377@essex.ac.uk / mh24873@essex.ac.uk #Aphasia #StrokeRehab #SLT #SpeechTherapy
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
MSc SLT students at @universityofessex.bsky.social are researching gesture for aphasia therapy in acute stroke care. If you’re an SLT, SLTA or Rehabilitation Assistant with experience, we’d love to hear from you! lr19377@essex.ac.uk / mh24873@essex.ac.uk #Aphasia #StrokeRehab #SLT #SpeechTherapy
Thank you, Sophie, for all your hard work and guidance in your role as chair! You will be missed. And a warm welcome to Elissa Manzi our new chair 🤗 @emanzi.bsky.social
And what a wonderful conference it was as - inclusive, collaborative, inspiring! Thanks to @abracabadger.com and all the fantastic organisers! My last as @basaphasia.bsky.social Chair! See you in Cardiff 🏴
And that’s a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery!
We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟
Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.
Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️
#aphasia #community
We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟
Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.
Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️
#aphasia #community
August 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thank you, Sophie, for all your hard work and guidance in your role as chair! You will be missed. And a warm welcome to Elissa Manzi our new chair 🤗 @emanzi.bsky.social
Special thanks today to Abi Roper & the conference team. Abi led the 2025 conference planning with a really special vision of togetherness, creativity, and a legacy in Dundee, producing an inspiring & inclusive event 👏 Here she is receiving some gifts as a token of our appreciation 💐 🌈 #BASconf2025
August 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Special thanks today to Abi Roper & the conference team. Abi led the 2025 conference planning with a really special vision of togetherness, creativity, and a legacy in Dundee, producing an inspiring & inclusive event 👏 Here she is receiving some gifts as a token of our appreciation 💐 🌈 #BASconf2025
And that’s a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery!
We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟
Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.
Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️
#aphasia #community
We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟
Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.
Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️
#aphasia #community
August 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And that’s a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery!
We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟
Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.
Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️
#aphasia #community
We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟
Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.
Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️
#aphasia #community
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Susie Williams on supporting the carers of people living with jargon aphasia — exploring family needs and the unique challenges of jargon aphasia… it’s different.
#BASconf25 #community
Susie Williams on supporting the carers of people living with jargon aphasia — exploring family needs and the unique challenges of jargon aphasia… it’s different.
#BASconf25 #community
August 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Susie Williams on supporting the carers of people living with jargon aphasia — exploring family needs and the unique challenges of jargon aphasia… it’s different.
#BASconf25 #community
Susie Williams on supporting the carers of people living with jargon aphasia — exploring family needs and the unique challenges of jargon aphasia… it’s different.
#BASconf25 #community
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Ciara Mooney highlights a community support and education group for people living with brain injury — fostering peer support and providing accessible information.
#BASconf25 #community
Ciara Mooney highlights a community support and education group for people living with brain injury — fostering peer support and providing accessible information.
#BASconf25 #community
August 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Ciara Mooney highlights a community support and education group for people living with brain injury — fostering peer support and providing accessible information.
#BASconf25 #community
Ciara Mooney highlights a community support and education group for people living with brain injury — fostering peer support and providing accessible information.
#BASconf25 #community
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Jaycie Bohan reflects on the power and potential of clinical research collaborations — recruiting large participant numbers through partnerships with NHS trusts and community groups in the FATE-A study.
#BASconf25 #community
Jaycie Bohan reflects on the power and potential of clinical research collaborations — recruiting large participant numbers through partnerships with NHS trusts and community groups in the FATE-A study.
#BASconf25 #community
August 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Jaycie Bohan reflects on the power and potential of clinical research collaborations — recruiting large participant numbers through partnerships with NHS trusts and community groups in the FATE-A study.
#BASconf25 #community
Jaycie Bohan reflects on the power and potential of clinical research collaborations — recruiting large participant numbers through partnerships with NHS trusts and community groups in the FATE-A study.
#BASconf25 #community
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Megan Trebilcock shares insights on creating a safe space for connection, sharing, and support.
#BASconf25 #community
Megan Trebilcock shares insights on creating a safe space for connection, sharing, and support.
#BASconf25 #community
August 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
⚡️Lightning Talks⚡️
Megan Trebilcock shares insights on creating a safe space for connection, sharing, and support.
#BASconf25 #community
Megan Trebilcock shares insights on creating a safe space for connection, sharing, and support.
#BASconf25 #community
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Great talk about creative CPT in acute setting- ideas, experiences, challenges and reflections- from Jen Thomson, Firle Beckley and Nikki Hafter. #BASconf2025 @basaphasia.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Great talk about creative CPT in acute setting- ideas, experiences, challenges and reflections- from Jen Thomson, Firle Beckley and Nikki Hafter. #BASconf2025 @basaphasia.bsky.social
Wednesday Symposium... Addressing the Community in Aphasia Rehabilitation: Engaging Key Social Interactions with Helene Killmer, Marie-Christine Hall, Caroline Anglade, Sarah-Eve Poirier, & Alacandra Tessier #BASconf25
August 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Wednesday Symposium... Addressing the Community in Aphasia Rehabilitation: Engaging Key Social Interactions with Helene Killmer, Marie-Christine Hall, Caroline Anglade, Sarah-Eve Poirier, & Alacandra Tessier #BASconf25
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The Kannada version of the CGC is available here: osf.io/yt24q
Congratulations to Chirag for his excellent MSc project at Uni of Essex.
Congratulations to Chirag for his excellent MSc project at Uni of Essex.
August 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Kannada version of the CGC is available here: osf.io/yt24q
Congratulations to Chirag for his excellent MSc project at Uni of Essex.
Congratulations to Chirag for his excellent MSc project at Uni of Essex.
Now a symposium with Carole Anglade, Alexandra Tessier & Marie-Christine Hallé: Research-Community Collaboration in Aphasia: Innovative Models and Outcomes
August 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Now a symposium with Carole Anglade, Alexandra Tessier & Marie-Christine Hallé: Research-Community Collaboration in Aphasia: Innovative Models and Outcomes
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Day 3 underway!
#BASconf25
#BASconf25
On conference day 3 we welcome our keynote Dr Molly Manning - Understanding What Matters: Shaping Aphasia Care with People and Context in Mind #BASconf25
August 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Day 3 underway!
#BASconf25
#BASconf25
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Dr Molly Manning is discussing personal and societal factors affecting living successfully with aphasia. #BASconf25 @basaphasia.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Dr Molly Manning is discussing personal and societal factors affecting living successfully with aphasia. #BASconf25 @basaphasia.bsky.social
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Fascinating key note from Dr Molly Manning discussing techniques and complexities of involving people with aphasia in research #BASconf2025 @basaphasia.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Fascinating key note from Dr Molly Manning discussing techniques and complexities of involving people with aphasia in research #BASconf2025 @basaphasia.bsky.social
On conference day 3 we welcome our keynote Dr Molly Manning - Understanding What Matters: Shaping Aphasia Care with People and Context in Mind #BASconf25
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
On conference day 3 we welcome our keynote Dr Molly Manning - Understanding What Matters: Shaping Aphasia Care with People and Context in Mind #BASconf25
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Fantastic to see so many people with #aphasia here at the BAS conference in wonderful Dundee! If you’re here, come and say hello on the Cuespeak stand and see what’s new in the app. #bskySPEECHIES #BASconf25
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fantastic to see so many people with #aphasia here at the BAS conference in wonderful Dundee! If you’re here, come and say hello on the Cuespeak stand and see what’s new in the app. #bskySPEECHIES #BASconf25
Richard Talbot presents findings of a systematic review around implementation of telehealth interventions for people with PPA.. finding the main barriers were the technology & the main facilitators were parts of the intervention. #BASconf25 @rtslt.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Richard Talbot presents findings of a systematic review around implementation of telehealth interventions for people with PPA.. finding the main barriers were the technology & the main facilitators were parts of the intervention. #BASconf25 @rtslt.bsky.social
Consideration of application to the clinical setting... and lots of discussion, including the importance of combining gesture with other modalities
August 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Consideration of application to the clinical setting... and lots of discussion, including the importance of combining gesture with other modalities
We now have a symposium with speakers discussing perspectives on gesture assessment and treatment with Anna Caute, Abi Roper, Chirag Girish Kiran, Sussex Williams, Elissa Manzi. Gesture is critical to communication and there is an unmet need for standardised assessment. #BASconf25
August 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We now have a symposium with speakers discussing perspectives on gesture assessment and treatment with Anna Caute, Abi Roper, Chirag Girish Kiran, Sussex Williams, Elissa Manzi. Gesture is critical to communication and there is an unmet need for standardised assessment. #BASconf25
⚡️Luisa Zenobi-Bird presenting a case study of a PWA who spoke Arabic, Italian, French & English. There were opportunities of therapy with multilingual SLTs and lots of social interaction with friends. When he was asked about monolingual therapy "Come on, it's not the same thing!" #BASconf25
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
⚡️Luisa Zenobi-Bird presenting a case study of a PWA who spoke Arabic, Italian, French & English. There were opportunities of therapy with multilingual SLTs and lots of social interaction with friends. When he was asked about monolingual therapy "Come on, it's not the same thing!" #BASconf25
Lightening talk ⚡️Helena Gruenstern presents her training for a neuro rehab team to improve communication with PWA, which includes videos of a variety of communication strategies #BASconf25
August 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Lightening talk ⚡️Helena Gruenstern presents her training for a neuro rehab team to improve communication with PWA, which includes videos of a variety of communication strategies #BASconf25
Associate Professor Anna Volkmer up next.. cultural differences in what ppl want to change about their lives with PPA. Collectivism (support from others & communicating with family) was important to ppl from 17 western countries.. further still to explore! #BASconf25 @annavolkmer.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Associate Professor Anna Volkmer up next.. cultural differences in what ppl want to change about their lives with PPA. Collectivism (support from others & communicating with family) was important to ppl from 17 western countries.. further still to explore! #BASconf25 @annavolkmer.bsky.social
Now up is Caroline Newton on the importance of numeracy assessment and intervention in #aphasia #BASConf25
August 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Now up is Caroline Newton on the importance of numeracy assessment and intervention in #aphasia #BASConf25