Dr Tom Griffiths

#GuineaPigDeathSquad4Life I certainly wasn’t the primary instigator of our silver medal - I only knew the answers to questions about Assistive Technology and The Beatles, as I recall… 😬 T’was your good self who knew the atomic number of gold…!

We had the pleasure of launching this report in @ukparliament.parliament.uk today, with an audience of politicians, policy organisations and the #AssistiveTech community. Please do read and share with your networks!

Through a combination of literature review and structured expert enquiry, we explore how training for #AssistiveTech is currently provided, where the gaps and barriers are, and what skills are needed by professionals #Teacher #SENCO #SLT, #OT #AT, #TA, #ICT at various career stages

Developing a competency framework for effective assistive technology training Examines the skills and knowledge needed by staff in special schools and colleges to use digital assistive technology effectively.

Excited to share our team's new report from @dundee.ac.uk, funded by DfE UK: "Developing a competency framework for effective assistive technology training"

www.gov.uk/government/p...

The report explores skills & knowledge of staff in special schools and colleges to support digital #AssistiveTech

[5/5] Variability in children’s performance on both presentations underlines the risk of assuming fixation or gaze switching skills to be present, and the importance of assessing gaze behaviours in individual children - particularly those expected to use them for communication or computer control.

[4/5] Eye tracking may be better at recording fixations in children with strabismus, where object-based paradigms may offer more flexible administration for clinicians.

[3/5] Eye tracking may present an “entry barrier” for some children in terms of its accuracy and calibration requirements, but object presentation carries with it the risk of over-interpreting children as having fixated.

[2/5] Our study compared the use of an eye tracking computer with expert clinician observations of children's fixation and gaze switching. Whilst it is not possible to say which one is better at producing the "correct" result, the differences are interesting and are discussed in this paper.

A banner for a paper from the Journal of Clinical Medicine. The paper title is "Assessment of Gaze Fixations and Shifts in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Comparison of Computer- and Object-Based Approaches" and the authors' names (Tom Griffiths; Michael T. Clarke; John Swettenham) are displayed below this, with the journal volume (14), issue number (7) and article number (2326). A QR code to link to the article is in the top right. All are set against a green and white background.

[1/5] Happy to share our latest #eyegaze #eyetracking research paper, in which we compare computer and object-based approaches to observing fixation and gaze switching in children with #cerebralpalsy. It's #openaccess from @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social here: www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14...

Fun Fact! Contrary to popular belief, unicorns contain only trace amounts of sawdust. In fact, one would have to consume over 6,000 unicorns to ingest the Recommended Daily Sawdust Quota (RDSQ) for the average adult!

A wrapper for President Butter, a brand of butter popular in the UK.

Joseph M. Butter, of course, did go on to occupy high political office as a result of his military exploits. A fact still commemorated on supermarket shelves to this day…

An image of a person in a white coat wearing safety goggles, concentrating on something (unseen) on the desk in front of them. The words "We are currently researching, page will be available soon" is overlaid in white text.

I don't know who would be crazy enough to buy such an obvious piece of walking, talking, sandwich-making spyware... but I do admire the chutzpah of the "Research" page on their website, which I wish I could get away with...

The cover of the book "Mystery Train" by Greil Marcus. A grainy, black and white outline image of a guitar headstock on which the title and author's name are written. The neck of the guitar is styled as a railway track.

Choose 10 music books that have influenced you, changed your life or blown your mind. One book per day for 10 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#MusicSky
#MusicBooks
#Books
#BookChallenge
2/10

The front cover of "One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time" by Craig Brown. The four Beatles are pictured on the cover, smiling, with Paul playing a tambourine and George playing a toy trumpet. The title is in large stylised pink and yellow text appearing to shoot in from both sides of the cover. The author's name is at the bottom.

Choose 10 music books that have influenced you, changed your life or blown your mind. One book per day for 10 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#MusicSky
#MusicBooks
#Books
#BookChallenge
1/10

Really enjoyed doing the #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge these past few weeks. Great way to reflect on books that have influenced me. So many to choose from and I didn't include any music books or bios, a particular favourite genre of mine... so... (drumroll 🥁)

The cover of the book "Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare" by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton, Iain Chalmers and Paul Glasziou. The title is at the top, authors' names at the bottom and the image is a stylised set of scales (a rectangle balanced on a triangle) with a small yellow square on the left side and a large green one on the right. The scales are balanced.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
20/20

The front cover of "Nineteen eighty-four" by George Orwell. The title and author's name are at the top and the main image resembles a tunnel, rendered in a lurid bright orange with a black and white close up of an eye at the end of it.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
19/20

A fantastic opportunity for researchers in #aphasia, #speechtherapy, #HCI and related disciplines - come and share your research as part of an engaging programme at #BASConf25 in the fine city of #Dundee this summer!

Really useful session today with @cos.io explaining the full #OSF workflow from searching and discovery through #research design, data archiving, analysis and (pre-)publishing. A really helpful refresher or intro for first time dabblers in #OpenScience - sign up at link below (sessions 4pm UK time)

The front cover of the comic book "Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The cover is bright yellow with a black ellipse and a vivid splatter of red blood dripping down the centre. The title is vertically presented on the left side of the cover.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
18/20

YouTube video by Music Entertainment Prince - Super Bowl XLI 🏈 | Halftime Show 2007 FULL SHOW HD

It is #SuperbowlLIX tonight. I know basically nothing about #NFL but I do recognise an opportunity to rewatch the single greatest 12 minutes of entertainment in the history of the world.
#Prince 💜

youtu.be/-WYYlRArn3g?...

The cover of the book "Mayflies" by Andrew O'Hagan. The title and author's name are overlaid on a black and white image of three young men looking happy, with arms around each other, seemingly at a concert or sporting event.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
17/20

The cover of the book "Them - Adventures with Extremists" by Jon Ronson. A purple cover with green lines across it, creating slits through which eyes appear to be peeking.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
16/20

The Purple Bird by Bonnie Album · 2025 · 12 Songs

Happy New Bonnie Prince Billy Day to all who celebrate… 💜🐦

Six Nations 2025 predictions: our writers on who will win and why France’s Louis Bielle-Biarre may be widely tipped for the tournament’s scene stealer but there are plenty of other themes to light up this year’s edition

Thoroughly dispiriting - 4/5 @theguardian.com #rugby writers have #Wales finishing last in this year's #6Nations and it's pretty hard to offer a decent argument against this. Sad state. Pob lwc in Paris tonight lads, but it's going to take a hell of shift... 🏉

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

The cover of the book "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" by Melanie Mitchell. Against a turquoise background is the title and author name at the top and a grid of coloured squares, each with a number. The squares cohere to look like a highly pixelated face of a person with long brown hair.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
15/20

🍩 > 📝

"Toto, I don't think we're in Leeds any more..."

(Have fun - sure it'll be an amazing experience!)

The cover of "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4" by Sue Townsend. The cover shows a coloured sketch of a mirror on which the title and author's name have been superimposed. In front of the mirror is a glass containing a Noddy toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste to the left and a straight razor and shaving soap brush to the right.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
14/20

The cover of the book "Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Developmental Issues" edited by Stephen von Tetzchner and Nicola Grove. The cover is white with just the title at the bottom with a thick black line underneath and the editors' names at the top.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers (WITH ALT TEXT).
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
13/20