ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬

Introducing Brigitte

🙌 Highlights from our recent “Through My Eyes” #ArtShowcase, featuring Brigitte, a sculptor using art to express her journey after #TBI.

💻 Watch Brigitte’s explanations about her art online here: youtu.be/joiaKJ97-aY

✨ Check out Brigitte’s Instagram here: www.instagram.com/claycrackedi...

💻 Happy #NationalTechiesDay! Today, we celebrate the brilliant minds advancing technology and the vital role tech plays in our research.

🧠 Here's to the #TechInnovators helping us bridge the gap between science and real-world impact. Your work drives our #research discoveries.

#TechForGood

🧠 Check out a new video explainer of our recent #publication:
“Social Communication Implementable and Applicable Lens (SoCIAL): A Framework for Addressing Assessment of Social Communication.”

Read here 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40378192/

#BrainInjury #SpeechPathology #SocialCommunication

🌍 This October we’re celebrating #GlobalDiversityMonth by honouring the unique perspectives and experiences that enrich our research and community!

Together, let’s champion equity, inclusion, and innovation in science and beyond.

#InclusionMatters #DiversityInScience #CommunicationForAll

🚀 ECRs, don’t miss this!

Join us at @sydney.edu.au for Towards Authentic Partnerships: Co-Design in Practice 🌟

📅 21 Nov | 🕘 9AM–1PM | 📍 Susan Wakil Health Building

👉 Register: events.humanitix.com/towards-auth...

#CoDesign #EMCR #ResearchImpact #Collaboration #ResearchSkills #CommunityEngagement

🚀 Video dive about publication “Social Communication Implementable and Applicable Lens (SoCIAL): A Framework for Addressing Assessment of Social Communication”

✨ Link to paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40378192/

#SocialCommunication #SpeechLanguagePathology #ClinicalPractice#ResearchToPractice

📸 Photography Workshop at @abicommlab.bsky.social

We had a blast learning from Jen Le, a photographer with #aphasia, how to take amazing photos using just your phone!

Hands-on, #accessible, & full of #creativity 💛 Thanks Jen!!

#PhotographyWorkshop #ABIAwareness #CreativeRecovery #LivedExperience

💙 What a day! We loved celebrating 25 years of #AustralianAphasiaAssociation at the Long Lunch for Aphasia on Friday!

#ABICommLab proudly sponsored two people with #aphasia to attend and #support continuing #research and #care!

Great food, inspiring stories, and #community making a difference 💪

🌟 Proud moment for our students!

During placement, #students teamed up with people living with #dementia & #primaryprogressiveaphasia to co-design this resource for #DementiaAwarenessMonth:

🔗 lnkd.in/gCgq4nXU

Share to spark conversation, raise #awareness, & amplify voices with #livedexperience! 💛

✨ Webinar Recording Live! ✨

We’re still smiling after Friday’s #AskTheExpert session on #socialmedia & #aphasia 💛

We heard from researchers Jennifer Lee, Josh Espinosa, & @abicommlab.bsky.social members @lissbee.bsky.social & Megan Trebilcock!

💬 Watch here! lnkd.in/gdkPGn_7

#BrainInjury

🧠📚 Event Reminder 📚🧠
Learn from Jen, a photographer living with #aphasia, to take amazing photos—just using your phone!

🗓 Friday 19 Sept
🕧 12:30–2:00pm
📍 Room 209, Susan Wakil Health Building, @sydney.edu.au
💰 FREE + lunch provided
👉 Register: lnkd.in/gGUfNSyS
📧 abi.communication-lab@sydney.edu.au

🧠📚 ABI CommLab Starter Pack 📚🧠
Ever wondered what it takes to survive #researchlife @abicommlab.bsky.social? Here’s our #starterpack:

✅ 12 Canva tabs
✅ Overheating laptop
✅ Ideas notepad
✅ Notion for everything & nothing
✅ Iced coffee
✅ Chocolate = morale + emergencies

💬 What’s in yours?

🎨 On September 9, we launched the "Through My Eyes" Art Showcase, featuring artists with #livedexperience of #ABI:

Jen Le – photographer living with #aphasia
Brigitte Bullen – sculptor living with #TBI

An inspiring start to our art series, stay tuned for more!
#ABIAwareness #Art #CreativeRecovery

🗣️ On Thursday, September 4, Sydney Aphasia Social group hosted a social event for people with #aphasia!

Thank you to everyone who came together to chat and connect in a relaxed, welcoming space.

We can’t wait to see everyone at the next event! 💬💙

#AphasiaAwareness #BrainInjurySupport #Community

Three of our brilliant team members shared their research this week! Tushar on avatars for ABI conversations, Petra on an AI chatbot for students to practice clinical communication, and Emma on creating great conference posters. Congratulations to all!
#DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #HDRShowcase

The @sydney.edu.au SPEECH Clinic is now taking on clients interested in the 10-week convers-ABI-lity program!

The SPEECH Clinic will be taking on new clients from early August and will be offering assessment and treatment sessions.

Email now to book in your sessions:
petra.avramovic@sydney.edu.au

The Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab is now on LinkedIn!

Follow us there for updates on our work, opportunities to collaborate, and stories from the ABI community 💙

Link: linkedin.com/in/abi-communication-lab-aa0131367

#ABI #BrainInjury #CommunicationAccess #SLP #RehabResearch

📢 New publication from ABI #CommLab in AJSLP!

“It Does Not Always Need To Be Staff Choosing the Agenda”:

The #communication experiences of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in #rehabilitation settings - an area often overlooked in favour of staff perspectives.

Link: lnkd.in/g-ibA_K6

Mon 14 July, 4:00–5:30pm AEST

Clinical Bite with A/Prof Anita Wong & Honours grad Joyce Cai on working with #multilingualfamilies and being #culturallysensitive.

How can we better support families from #diversebackgrounds? Hear key strategies for culturally responsive practice.

lnkd.in/ghrPmS-e

Our team have been presenting their research at the Nordic Aphasia Conference #NAC2025 and 4th Cognitive Communication Disorders Symposium #ccdsYMP2025. Their research involved #virtualreality in #rehab for #CCDs following #TBI and the development of the social-ABI-lity communication assessment tool

July 6-13 is #NAIDOCWeek-- an important time to honour the histories, cultures, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This week is a reminder to listen and learn from First Nations voices and communities. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #StrengthVisionLegacy

🎓 Free Resource Alert!
ASSBI is offering open access to expert webinars on #BrainInjury, #CognitiveRehab, & #Neuropsychology—perfect for clinicians, students & researchers.
Explore here: lnkd.in/gfuwmDXf
#FreeLearning #Rehabilitation #ASSBI #BrainHealth

Convers-ABI-lity is a 10-week program for people with #ABI and their #communicationpartners to build #conversationstogether. It includes self-guided activities and video calls with a speech pathologist.

For more information, contact Dr Rachael Rietdijk: rachael.rietdijk@sydney.edu.au

TBIbank is an open-access database of multimedia interactions designed to support research and #clinicalpractice in communication following #traumaticbraininjury.

To learn more or get involved: tbi.talkbank.org

Interact-ABI-lity is a free short course for family members, friends, support workers, and professionals working with people with a #braininjury.

To read more and sign up, click abi-communication-lab.sydney....

For more information, contact Dr Rachael Rietdijk on rachael.rietdijk@sydney.edu.au

#Communicationaccess means creating environments where everyone can communicate.

We found that many in healthcare, including workers, aren't familiar with it. #BraininjuryAwareness

Find out more at abi-communication-lab.sydney....
www.vecteezy.com/members/djvs...

We are looking for people with an #AcquiredBrainInjury to try a 2hr online social media course + join a closed Facebook group for 8 weeks.

If you’re interested, you can sign up at lnkd.in/gSuKAq42

If you'd like to find out more, please contact Dr Melissa Brunner on melissa.brunner@sydney.edu.au.

#FinancialReview: 'Stunt double' helps university teachers clone themselves

Dr Petra Avramovic, developed a Cogniti chatbot that acts as the parent of a child with a stutter. Students converse with Cogniti, giving advice on their clinical #communicationskills.

www.afr.com/technology/stunt-...

Members of the ABI #CommLab recently published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology:

The Peer Effect Is “Utterly Profound”: A Social-ABI-lity Pilot Study of a Peer-Moderated Social Media Skills Intervention for People With #AcquiredBrainInjury

To read more: lnkd.in/gE-ka5Ps

Meet the passionate faces behind the ABI #CommLab!

Get the latest updates, insider insights and cutting-edge research shaping #communicationdisorders following #AcquiredBrainInjury (ABI)

If you want to stay in the loop, check out our new ABI Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/5FAWnBt