Fantastic performances from the Aphasia New Music Group yesterday afternoon and evening. All new songs and music co-created by the group, whose members have communication difficulties... still able to express themselves so beautifully.

#PhD opportunity for those interested in #stroke and #aphasia 👀 Apply by 17 May

City Aphasia Lab
British Aphasiology Society
Better Conversations Lab
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It’s been 10 years since the Tour de France Grand Depart took place in Yorkshire.

To honour this, along with local legend Rob Burrow, a new cycling event will be taking place in Leeds on Rob Burrow Day (7th July) called the Legacy Ride!

Find out more visit below 🚵‍♂️

I just helped someone needing sight support to turn their phone flashlight on and find something. Be my eyes is an absolutely WONDERFUL application that enables people to help each other in daily life. Proper tech for good.

bemyeyes.com/?utm_source=an…

At Islington Mill rehearsing for my show tomorrow, with my amazing Queens TeTeBang, Cheddar Gorgeous, Pixie Polite and Duane Nasis

Please consider supporting Anna's research - final year SLT student at Manchester Met. Anna is seeking 5-8 SLTs to better understand SLT perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Voice Banking for plwMND. 20-30 min online interview
email [email protected]
Pls shr thx

About to start our introduction to applied Conversation Analysis UCL Language & Cognition with Professor Steven Bloch Andrea Bruun - we have 14 keen participants, and one has come from Belgium for the day! 🌍 #EMCA #BetterConversationsLab

Thank you, Gillian!

Let's keep at it: sign the #InclusiveParliament petition today.

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I've signed. Please sign, too. Communicating is THE core human life skill. When impaired, especially from a young age, how will you learn? And how will you share with the world who you are?

Amazing new voice banking technology from Microsoft just announced! Very exciting.

youtu.be/5FWwM1S8RfE

Can you help Jack? He's looking for a male Brummie aged between 18-30 to share their voice so he can say 'I do' on his wedding day. ⤵️

My nephew appears to have got all the music gene. Very proud
A sneaky teaser of my upcoming single ‘Twin Flame’… 😘 youtube.com/shorts/wgj0n95… via YouTube

Calling Laryngectomees in the Yorkshire region! 📢
Jayne, a fellow Laryngectomee in Cleckheaton is starting a Friendship Club - 'Laryngectomee's Aloud'

An opportunity for laryngectomees to build connections and create a supportive community.

Contact Jayne for more details 👇

Hello colleagues. Do you know of anyone that has recorded 500 or more custom cards and very few if any of the standard phrases in Relate? I would love find out more about how well their speech recognition model is working for them! Please DM/email [email protected] pls shr thx

We're pleased to announce our new national MND Association Research Nurse Network - a £5 million investment to give more people with #MND access to clinical trials.

This 5 year investment will build a first-of-its-kind coordinated network of Research Nurses.

Full story below.

We are accepting referrals for our ICAP (Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programmes) for 2024. Contact us on [email protected] for more information. Jean Rutter

Hello friends and colleagues. Are you working in the London area with a person using their banked voice in daily life? If you think they may consider sharing their experience of using a voice bank as part of AAC I'd love to discuss an opportunity to share! [email protected]

Gifty Ayoka writes: Assistive Technology, A Pathway to Inclusive Education - MyJoyOnline myjoyonline.com/gifty-ayoka-wr…

Great article by Gifty Ayoka, an amazing SLT in Ghana