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Calling all researchers who do work in the field of primary progressive aphasia!

The first ever Int Conf on PPA 16-17th July 2026 in 🇬🇧

Only 6 weeks until the call for papers closes: www.speechtherapyppa.com/icppa-confer...

The Progressive Aphasia Communication Toolkit (PACT): A Strengths-Based Approach to Multidomain Evaluation for Intervention INTRODUCTION: Tools to document communicative ability in people living with primary progressive aphasia (PwPPA) are limited. This work describes the development of a strengths-based and ecologically-v...

Delighted to share that our preprint on the Progressive Aphasia Communication Toolkit (PACT) is available now!! The PACT has integrated feedback from 95 clinicians, researchers, PwPPA, and care partners worldwide. More to come!! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

BAS members are invited to our upcoming Aphasia Clinician Session

⏰ Monday 8th December 16:00-17:00 with Jen Dodds-Vigouroux

✏️ A communicative writing approach for a client with severe aphasia- how do we maximise gains?

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In the New Year, we are running our first Aphasia Clinician Session of 2026

📆 Tuesday 13th January 16:00-17:00 with
Sheila Robinson & Anne Barrett

📋 Communication assessment in the acute setting-why, when and how?

Members can sign up in the members area

Elissa Manzi and Lucy Dyson are representing BAS at the UK Stroke Forum in Aberdeen! Come and say hello and discuss all things #aphasia at stand 85 🙌🏼 💬🧠 #UKSF25 #BAS

A pleasure to be representing @basaphasia.bsky.social at the UK Stroke Forum this year in Aberdeen. And to be a small part of @abracabadger.com and Caitlin’s wonderful talk about AI and #aphasia rehab. #UKSF25

Post ‪UK Stroke Forum‬ ‪@ukstrokeforum.bsky.social‬ · 5h Good luck! We look forward to hearing all about the transformative role of technology and AI in aphasia rehabilitation.👇 ‪Dr Abi Roper‬ ‪@abracabadger.com‬ · 5h That's me away to share some AI food for thought at today's #UKSF25. I look forward to being a part of today's discussion. Wish me luck! #AI #Aphasia #BSkySpeechies 1 Dr Abi Roper ‪@abracabadger.com‬ Thank you. We enjoyed a really supportive and reflective session together - bringing lots of voices of contributors with aphasia in the workshop. #UKSF25 delegates are such considerate collaborators! Find the resources from our session here: linktrlinktr.ee/AphasiaAI #aphasia ALT 25 Nov 2025, 13:53 Write your reply View from a conference presentation stage. Purple lit room full of conference delegates seated around round tables and smiling at the camera.

Thank you. We enjoyed a really supportive and reflective session together - bringing lots of voices of contributors with aphasia in this AI workshop.
#UKSF25 delegates are such considerate collaborators!

Find the resources from our session here: linktr.ee/AphasiaAI

#aphasia

Great idea. Currently working on a clinical trial. Patients all over the country. I only see them for about 1-2 hours, check out the town then back. I'm so efficient working on the train in between visits.

Follow our updates and make sure you save the 15th January 2026 for our free showcase event!

the curriculum and assessment review is 197 pages long and does not make a single reference to multilingualism. in England's schools, ~20% of children (~2 million children) are multilingual. this is just another example of how multilingual identities and knowledges get erased in policy and practice.

City St George’s academics share research at British Aphasiology Society conference | City St George's, University of London Held in Dundee the conference focused on the theme of community

A lovely write up about our bonnie Dundee aphasia conference earlier this year.

#BASConf2025

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We’re putting together our latest newsletter.
📧 newsletter@bas.org.uk by 7th November with your aphasia related news

Training Courses and Events Upcoming Better Conversations events are advertised here. The Better Conversations conference is held every two years. We run communication partner training approximately twice per year.

Just over two weeks until our Better Conversations course in Sydney & three weeks until Perth.

Shouting out to all Speech Pathologists in NSW and WA- we’d love to see you.

And there are places still available!!!

Sign up: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

New @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social paper #SLPeeps on conducting research case studies.

Will likely interest #ClinAcSLTs (@clinacslt.bsky.social) and #BskySpeechies 🦋

Excited to share our latest article!

We examined #SLP2b student experiences of a #StudyAbroad class focused on #dementia inclusive programs & the role of #SLPeeps in #dementia care.

interpretive #phenomenological analysis
#inclusion #cog-comm

doi.org/10.1044/2025...
w/ @learrington.bsky.social

Our M-MAT Tele study is offering 30 hours of aphasia therapy for people with aphasia following a stroke. It’s delivered over telehealth and available anywhere in Australia.

For information see - aphasiacre.wpcomstaging.com/2025/09/24/m...

“The report’s main point is surprisingly simple: people living with #dementia can still set goals, learn strategies, and adapt their lives with the right support … #rehabilitation is about focusing on what a person can still do and helping them do it for as long as possible.”
#slpeeps #cog-comm

YouTube video by Cure MAPT FTD Cure MAPT FTD

On #FTDAwarenessWeek, we’re asking the world to learn about frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for those under 60. #dementia #ftd #frontotemporaldegeneration

Abi and Sarah stand in front of a screen, smiling at the camera. The screen shows a slide with the words "Influence: is it possible?"

10 smiling speech and language therapists assembled in front of a flowery backdrop showing a sign which says "RCSLT Scotland"

What a grand day at the #RCSLT Scotland day. Delighted to be a part of this inspiring profession.  @sarahheatley.bsky.social & I shared the work we've been doing with collaborators in Dundee to create a communication accessible city.
Hooray for the excellent NHS Tayside adult acquired SLT service.

Aphasia in South Asian languages (ASAL) project: a protocol of connected speech tasks for investigating cross-linguistic grammatical profiles in aphasia for South Asian languages Languages vary in their syntactic (e.g. word order in sentences), lexical (e.g. presence of specific word classes), and morphological (e.g. inflectional or derivational forms of words) properties. ...

So honored to contribute to this important work and push forward #discourse research for underrepresented aphasia populations!

Congratulations to all my co-authors and the incredible ASAL team!

Our paper is available open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Co-registered EMA and ultrasound. From top left: Ultrasound with tongue contour, Ultrasound keypoints, 3D head with EMA sensors, , Spectrogram, Glossogram showing vocal tract constrictions in red cavities in blue, waveform. Movie created by AAA app. Use settings to hear audio.

Join us for a virtual information session about our #PhD program in #SLHS #CSD #COMD! All faculty are accepting new students. Email Graduate Coordinator Susan (spalmiot [at] iu.edu) to get the link for the session. It'll be 12-1PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 24th.

This set of co-produced priority research questions - should help people to target their applications for funding. It took me 4 years to gain funding! Hopefully a cohesive evidence base, fit to support people with #DevLangDis across the lifespan, can now be built 👏

Top questions for DLD research priorities revealed | RCSLT

Please check out the Top 10 Research Priority Questions for #DevLangDis. Newly launched after extensive consultations involving people with DLD, families and professionals. www.rcslt.org/news/top-que...

People with #PCA, #PPA and #bvFTD get a life-changing diagnosis but little evidence-based tailored information. The @uclbrainscience.bsky.social -led BELIDE trial, tests an online post-diagnostic educational programme co-designed with families to fill this gap💻👉: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...

Voice Cloning Webinar 2a for Impact Users, Clinicians, and Nonprofit Partners | ElevenLabs Join certified speech-language pathologists and ElevenLabs Impact team members Richard Cave and Gabi Leibowitz for our next Impact Program Webinar.Voice cloning is a powerful tool, and we know our ...

Hello Everyone,
Two free webinars for ElevenLabs voice banking/cloning both Wed 17th Sep (UK/US)
1: UK 11am / EST 6am / AEST 8pm
2: UK 4.30pm / EST 11:30am / AEST 01:30am

Ask questions, share best practices, hear on updates

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So great working with you for the last few years Sophie!!

Such a privilege to present in @basaphasia.bsky.social conference symposium with @abracabadger.com, @annacaute.bsky.social, Chirag Girish Kiran and @susieslt.bsky.social about #gesture ax & therapy. 1/2 #BASConf25 #aphasia

And that’s a wrap on #BASconf25 in Dundee - the City of Discovery!

We’ve loved connecting, learning, and celebrating with the amazing aphasia community 🌟

Huge thanks to Dr Abi Roper for leading such a fantastic event.

Safe journeys home — see you in Cardiff next year! 🗓️

#aphasia #community

Thank you Dundee, sad to say goodbye and for #BASconf25 to be over. What a fabulous three days it’s been!