Congratulations to the amazing @WHO Disability Programme team - Darryl Barrett, Kaloyan Kamenov, Mélanie Gréaux, and Francesca Moro who hosted the Disability Health Equity Network meeting in Geneva. I was honoured to read children’s recommendations from Children’s Voices Centre @CharlesSturtUni

It was a privilege to attend the @WHO Disability Health Equity Network meeting in Geneva to read children’s recommendations to the World Health Organization about disability health equity based on research from the Children’s Voices Centre at Charles Sturt University in Australia @CharlesSturtUni

Next week we officially launch the Children’s Voices Centre at The Treehouse. We are a Charles Sturt University Research Centre that undertakes global, transformational, interdisciplinary research with, for and about children. www.csu.edu.au/research/chi...

What a joy to share springtime in Bathurst with @lynn-williams.bsky.social

Thank you @lynn-williams.bsky.social for your outstanding research and presentation to your enthusiastic audience @CharlesSturtUni in Bathurst and over 100 people online.

It has been wonderful to collaborate with and learn from colleagues from 58 countries at the #IALP International Association of Communication Science and Disorders conference this week. Malta was a spectacular cultural and historic location
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The Child Speech Committee at the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders #IALP is a wonderful collaboration of colleagues from across the globe. #Malta

Thank you
for the honour to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Patras. The award acknowledges the amazing collaborative work of my colleagues at Charles Sturt University and around the world @speechies.bsky.social
@icpla2025.bsky.social

www.upatras.gr/25-6-2025-te...

ICPLA 2025 has begun with rich discussions with new and old friends from 31 countries @icpla2025.bsky.social

International Society of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS) Chania, Greece (16-19 June): 52 oral presentations, 21 posters, attendees from 26 countries. Thank you Elena Babastouli for inviting me. @helenlblake.bsky.social and I have many new friends speechandlanguage.louisiana.edu/ismbs

It was an honour to present my keynote at International Society of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS) conference, Chania Greece: “Multilingual Minds are Unlocking Global Knowledge, γνώση, 认识, إدراك, דַעַת, ज्ञान…” sharing over 1300 resources in 131 languages/dialects www.csu.edu.au/research/mul...

Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs?

Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences.

Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt

Consider applying for this WONDERFUL job in our new Children's Voices Centre @CharlesSturtUni. You will lead interdisciplinary research initiatives aiming to make a difference in the lives of children, families and communities globally external-jobs.csu.edu.au/cw/en/job/49...

Moments of joy in rural Australia

Snap indeed! There were 14 trees across the road during my 1.5 hour drive home today!

Our Multilingual Children's Speech website csu.edu.au/research/mul... has LOTS of new content in 100+ languages including new treehouse posters
csu.edu.au/research/mul... based on doi.org/10.1044/2018... … doi.org/10.1044/2020... …
@ashajournals.bsky.social
@ashaweb.bsky.social

Happy new year!