Fiona O'Neill

Attend, in person or online, the 1st Global TALES Symposium: Advancing global knowledge in personal narratives to bridge the research-to-practice gap in speech-language pathology. It will take place Sept 11-12th in Edmonton, Canada. Registration is free, more here: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...

Diagnosing DLD Online Learning - NAPLIC Who is this online learning for? This series of online learning modules is designed for professionals who have some understanding of Developmental Language Disorder, but who wish to develop greater […...

Summer task for Speech and Language Therapist who want to build confidence with diagnosing DLD. Gather some colleagues and watch and discuss these FREE modules. #DevLangDis
www.naplic.org.uk/diagnosing-d...

It's not just about improving skills. It's about building respectful, inclusive environments that meet emotional needs.
Full article – link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read the summary - www.engage-dld.com/post/social-...

#NAPLIC26 conference. All things DLD/SLCN. Face to face in Birmingham. Join NAPLIC for a discount. Details to follow: naplic.org.uk/conferences

DRUM ROLL please! Our 2026 conference will be on Saturday May 9th in Birmingham. . Join us for all things Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN).
Mark the date in your diary now.
Join NAPLIC and get a BIG discount on the conference fee too.

There are several organisations around the world who are doing great work for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Our first short out to 'DLD and me' that is based in the US. Check out this poster and their other great resources for families on their website dldandme.org
#devlangdis

We've just added DLD activist, Damo @dysphasiapv.bsky.social to our starter pack. Find him and many other Developmental Language Disorder folks in our starter pack. #DevLangDis

go.bsky.app/FMV4dou

Toward an Understanding of Developmental Language Disorder in Adults: Investigating the Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Linguistic Outcomes Purpose: There is a growing body of research on developmental language disorder (DLD), but very few studies have focused on the role of cognitive...

💰🔐 In @ashajournals.bsky.social Both implicit (fast, effortless, unconscious) & explicit (slow, effortful, conscious) processes are relevant to language; & adults with #devlangdis may require additional processing time in cognitive and linguistic tasks. pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Looking for Speech and Language Therapists working with children with learning disabilities to complete my dissertation survey!
Survey Link: lnkd.in/dx7dbSJz

Please share with other SLT’s if you can!
Thank you :)

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The features of social communication that are useful in the identification of #Autism do not necessarily require intervention - and similarly, individual needs are not always met by diagnostic pathways to help individuals understand themselves better @suereviews.bsky.social at #CLTTSummerLecture2025

Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social sharing resources to share with young people on #Neurodiversity #Inclusion and #Education at the #CLTTSummerLecture2025 @cltt.bsky.social

Sue Fletcher Watson's take home messages for practitioners and interested viewers - work with people, and consider values. We have much to learn! #CLTTSummerLecture2025

The LEANS programme for primary school #Neurodiversity #Inclusion in #Education - Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture #CLTTSummer2025

Read more about the #NEST project to support #Neurodiversity, #Inclusion and #Education in schools through peer groups. Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture #CLTTSummerLecture2025

The #NEST approach - #Neurodiversity Alliance: young people wanted groups to be open to a broad cohort of neurodivergent young people, similar to LGBT groups. Sue Fletcher Watson - @cltt.bsky.social #CLTTSummerLecture2025

What does the #Neurodiversity paradigm look like in research? Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture on #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education

When a lay observer - some autistic, and some not - watches a video and is asked to detect who is autistic and who isn't, they may be looking more for indicators of disruption in the interaction rather than specific autistic behaviours. Sue Fletcher Watson at #CLTTSummer2025

Autistic people weren't talking about distinctive features of autistic communication - people were talking about the values and purpose of communication: recognition, truth, permissiveness and flexibility, information sharing, clarity - #CLTTSummerLecture2025

Autistic people may be less reliant on external markers of rapport such as back-channelling, gesture and eye contact. In autistic pairs, interactive rapport and social motor synchrony don't seem to be as important - Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual CLTT @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture.

People have a better interactive experience when they know who is autistic and who is not when sharing information in a chain. Rapport is more impacted than information-sharing across neurotypes #CLTTSummerLecture2025

#CLTTSummerLecture2025 - Research across neurotypes shows that autistic communication is as effective as neurotypical communication when autistic people communicate with other autistic people. Recently replicated findings and new data. Sue Fletcher Watson talks #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education

Just about to kick off the #CLTTsummerlecture2025 with Sue Fletcher-Watson on Neurodiversity, Communication and Inclusive Education. Great topic!
I'll post a few key points in this 🧵

Expect heterogeneity as the norm! This is critical for adopting a #Neurodiversity based approach in research and services, says Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer lecture. #Inclusion and #Education

#Neurodiversity and #Disability - this isn't about simply telling people that they aren't disabled, they're different! A neurodiversity approach respects and accepts people as they are, not as society might want them to be - Sue Fletcher Watson @cltt.bsky.social Summer lecture 2025

Sue Fletcher Watson talks about the misunderstandings that can arise when people talk about the #Neurodiversity paradigm at the Annual CLTT Summer Lecture #Inclusion #Education

How can we explain #Neurodiversity to children and families? Trees offer a useful metaphor. Fit to environment matters, and there are group and individual. We don't want a monoculture! Sue Fletcher Watson talking #Neurodiversity #Inclusion and #Education at the @cltt.bsky.social Annual Lecture

The strength of neurodiversity comes from our collective strength - the fact we don't all view and experience things in the same way is a strength of diversity in any group - Sue Fletcher at the Annual CLTT Summer Lecture @cltt.bsky.social

Neurodiversity offers a paradigm shift from traditional core deficit theories - all humans vary in the way our brains work. We shouldn't be so shocked that we're different from eachother! - Sue Fletcher-Watson at the Annual CLTT Summer lecture #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education.

Diagnoses are not as separable from eachother as we traditionally thought - there are tremendous overlaps across experiences and these are not as separable as we might imagine - Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual CLTT Summer Lecture @cltt.bsky.social #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education

Sue Fletcher-Watson says she is not a fan of "core deficit theories" - theories that take the diversity and complexity of individuals with a particular diagnosis and attempt to link these to supposed "core deficits" within a group - @cltt.bsky.social Annual Summer Lecture #Neurodiversity

Sue Watson is getting ready to talk to us about Neurodiversity, Communication and Inclusive Education - the framework, what that offers us, particularly in relation to communication and how autistic people communicate for the CLTT Annual Summer Lecture @cltt.bsky.social