Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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Is there a way to save posts so I can come back and read them later? Or do I need to continue sending them to myself via FB Messenger and then forgetting about them?!

Creating Accessible Research for the #DevLangDis Community

A lot of research goes to waste 🗑️ This is partly because researchers rarely share results with the non-scientific community. Even when findings are shared, people with communication disorders find it hard to understand the research.

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Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.

📌🆕 10 min online anonymous worldwide survey. Hi allied health people (SLP/SLT, OT, clinical psych, etc); allied health assistant (any discipline); or teacher (SENCo, classroom 🧑‍🏫, etc); teaching assistant. Need YOUR 🤔VIEWS🤔 on #GestaltLanguageProcessing #NaturalLanguageAcquisition
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🆓🔓🆕 #OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1044/2024...
Evidence that "children's speech is subject to a speed–accuracy trade-off where increased speaking rate leads to reduced articulatory accuracy & hence reduced intelligibility. Further research is needed on how to apply this trade-off in a clinical setting".

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
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There are many children & adults living with a rare condition who are non-speaking or have communication differences. This ‘Communication Bill of Rights’ is spot on 🙌

www.apraxia-kids.org/wp-content/u...

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #AAC #RareCommunity

I'm making my first post a picture of Rambo guarding her favourite water bowl. Why not?!

Alt text:
My black and white cat is sat in a corner looking at the camera. In front of her is a ceramic water bowl on a towel.

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.

I'm looking to recruit a PhD student (Oct 2025 start) to work on a project looking at the range of cues that guide accurate sentence comprehension. Unfortunately the funding opportunity is just for students who would pay UK fees. If you know any suitable applicants please tell them to email me.

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

The dara project is looking for adults (>18yrs) with #aphasia or developmental language disorder #DLD to take part research.

We are exploring how people with communication needs use visual information.

If you'd like to take part, we'd love to hear from you!

Phonological awareness is hugely important for speech, vocabulary, reading and spelling. All children should have robust syllable and phoneme level skills before they start phonics learning. Free assessment, intervention, stimulus pictures here research.ncl.ac.uk/phonological...