Very important paper for all those interested in GLP!

A relevant question is “how can speech pathologists be neurodiversity affirming in their work with Autistic individuals who also have intellectual disabilities and complex communication needs?” Are we making that group invisible in all of this? #SPAconf24

“Support for an approach is not the same an evidence for an approach” I agree Pamela Snow and that can be said about many approaches- if we ‘believe’ in an approach that lacks evidence, then it is our responsibility to collect evidence, not keep doing it relying on anecdotes

Is it plagiarism?
docs.google.com/document/d/12X… via Samantha Futrell & Rebekah O’Dell

The best place to relax is near water.

After just 2 minutes of viewing water outdoors, blood pressure and heart rate drop. It's more calming to look at a lake, pool, or stream than trees or grass.

Beaches are popular for a reason. Wider bodies of water bring more tranquility.

On 4th July we're delighted to be joined by Jane Noyes who will talk about common issues to avoid when reporting a Cochrane QES 📚 . Sign up open to all 👉 buff.ly/4d9u0mG Cochrane Methods #QES

😀Research published in ASHA Journals indicates that aided modelling and systematic instruction using speech-output technologies may lead to gains in socio-communicative behaviours in some minimally speaking chn with #autism . pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.10… 😉No mention of GLP of course!

🆕🔓🆓 #OpenAccess Tiffany Hutchins et al 2024 GESTALT LANGUAGE PROCESSOR is definitionally & conceptually troubled. Claims that autistic people are GLPs are spurious,unhelpful & speculative, while NLA stages are implausible.journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

⚡️SO WATCH OUT⚡️ #pseudoscience

I thought the first picture was well known enough but people were out here thinking it was AI! Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur reimagined Norman Rockwell’s series in 2018 and I love their work.

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#OpenAccess Think before you jump. —- Natural language acquisition and gestalt language processing: A critical analysis of their application to #autism and speech language therapy. #Gestalt #GLP #NLA journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

Calling parents of AAC users!
Would you like to be part of a PI group to talk about your experiences of supporting your child to learn language with their AAC?
#research #AHP #RCSLTResearch #NIHR

Responsible use of generative AI Tools for university students via James Bedford

HHR: “It's about Rights”: The Bunya Project’s Indigenous Australian Voices on Health Care Curricula and Practice hhrjournal.org/2024/05/its-ab… #healthrights #humanrights

In response to the recent Parliament debate in proposing to cap international student numbers because of housing crisis, our research shows what the rental market is really like for international students theconversation.com/our-research-s… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Our #braininjury telepsychiatry NSW Health⁩ pilot offers a scalable model of care for NSW.We seek urgent funding as service will end July. 2024 ⁦⁦Ryan Park MP⁩ Rose Jackson⁩
NSW mental health review finds 58,000 people failed by services smh.com.au/politics/nsw/m…

Shared book reading should be accessible to all students in the classroom, including those with developmental disabilities. Learn about strategies teachers use with these students in this article from Sara Cornett for #ASHASIG1 on.asha.org/3ULU3bd Loyola University MD SCSD at FSU

Two voice actors sued artificial-intelligence startup Lovo in Manhattan federal court, accusing the company of illegally copying their voices and using them without permission in its AI voiceover technology reut.rs/3wLSD8H

'If you're uncertain and you try and hide it, then you're really buggered, aren't you?'
Today's context interview quote turned AI art comes from a patient in the Emergency Department via Laura Chien's PhD data.
Looking slightly ominous... #ED #diagnosis #uncertainty

Want to better understand what #systematicreviews are and how they support #evidenceinformed health decisions? Learn more in this series of videos from Cochrane colleagues:

cochrane.org/news/free-educ…

Israel has not only killed, maimed and traumatized Palestinians in Gaza. It has created (a set of) conditions calculated to bring about the destruction of Gaza.