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Dr Abi Roper

@abracabadger

Speech & language therapist | Techy @CityLCS & @Cityuni_HCID.
PhD: computers & #aphasia.
#A11y, #SLT, #Misc. #LimbDifferent๐Ÿ‘ฃ.
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Niamh Devane, PhD (@niamhdevane) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Are you ready for #BASconf25? You can now submit your abstract on the theme of โœจCOMMUNITYโœจ via the portal in the post below ๐Ÿ‘‡

Aphasia Trialists (@cats_aphasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This year the BAS conference will be in Dundee, Scotland, UK from 18 โ€“ 20 August 2025 Abstract submission is now open. Abstracts are invited on the theme of community. Deadline Monday 17th March 2025ย at 9am GMT.

British Aphasiology Society (@basaphasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Itโ€™s time to submit your abstracts for #BASConf25 We canโ€™t wait to find out about all the great work going on in the #aphasia #community Abstract submissions close on 17th March

Jodie M (@jodie23_slt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

โœจ Are you an adult speech therapist? โœจ Are you a technology expert, developing healthcare technologies? โœจ Do you work at Parkinsonโ€™s UK? ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Do you want to create solutions to the problems people with Parkinsonโ€™s have when using a smart speaker - in ONLINE workshops?

โœจ Are you an adult speech therapist?

โœจ Are you a technology expert, developing healthcare technologies?

โœจ Do you work at Parkinsonโ€™s UK? 

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Do you want to create solutions to the problems people with Parkinsonโ€™s have when using a smart speaker - in ONLINE workshops?
Dr Abi Roper (@abracabadger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? Apparently I joined 14 years ago. A lot has changed here since then... #MyTwitterAnniversary

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? Apparently
I joined 14 years ago. A lot has changed here since then... #MyTwitterAnniversary
Dr. Katie Strong (@katiestrongslp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ Let's vote Don in as the AHA #Strokehero Vote daily to help this Michigan resident win!๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Don partners with Central Michigan U. to train CMUHealthProfessions health care students on how to be better practitioners & how to communicate with people with communication disabilities like #aphasia.

British Aphasiology Society (@basaphasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The deadline for abstracts for the BAS #aphasia conference has been extended by one week. Abstracts need to be submitted by 24th March 09:00 Weโ€™re looking forward to receiving them ๐Ÿ˜€

Dr Abi Roper (@abracabadger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿ“ท Hooray! There is now an extra week to submit your abstracts for the #BASConf25. The deadline for submissions has been extended until ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—๐š๐ฆ (UK time) Follow the link for more information and to submit: blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/informโ€ฆ

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Hooray! There is now an extra week to submit your abstracts for the #BASConf25. 
The deadline for submissions has been extended until 
๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—๐š๐ฆ (UK time)
Follow the link for more information and to submit: blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/informโ€ฆ
Prof Katerina Hilari (@katerinahilari) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐Ÿšจ๐ŸšจFINAL CALL! UK SLTs Weโ€™re wrapping up our survey on how SLTs use aphasia therapy apps. Your input could make all the difference! โœ… Complete our Survey โ€“ Only 15 Min ๐ŸŽ Enter to win a ยฃ40 Amazon voucher ๐Ÿ‘‰ Take the survey now โ€“ it closes this week! lnkd.in/e59wVnCs

Richard Talbot (rtslt.bsky.social) (@rtslt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Connection and Cohesion in a Co-Designed Virtual World - the experience of groups aphasia therapy in #EVAPark - loved working on this study so much fun & great team - excellent work Dr Abi Roper #aphasia #VR link.springer.com/chapter/10.100โ€ฆ

RCSLT ๐Ÿ’™ (@rcslt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐ŸŽ‰It's #WorldVoiceDay! ๐Ÿ—ฃ To mark it, here are some tips on how to care for & project your voice rcslt.org/wp-content/uplโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’ปWe also some tips on how to look after your voice when video-conferencing (with thanks to Dr Abi Roper) rcslt.org/wp-content/uplโ€ฆ #Voice #VoiceCare

Dr Abi Roper (@abracabadger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This #GAAD, a request for voice technology companies and developers: "We would like to give access to everyone. Can you help us please?" youtu.be/f5ix92NxZJk?siโ€ฆ #aphasia #Alexa #GAAD2025 #A11y #Voice

This #GAAD, a request for voice technology companies and developers: 

"We would like to give access to everyone. Can you help us please?" 

youtu.be/f5ix92NxZJk?siโ€ฆ

#aphasia #Alexa #GAAD2025 #A11y #Voice
Rocking Aphasia (@rockingaphasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have a webpage ๐Ÿชจ๐ŸŽ‰ RockingAphasia.com You can find lots more info! including our #RockingAphasia poster in 14 different languages! We won't be posting on X this year, but you can find us over on Facebook & LinkedIn Spreading #Aphasia awareness one rock at a time ๐Ÿฉท

City Access - Resources for Aphasia (@_cityaccess) 's Twitter Profile Photo

โœจNew paper!โœจ Sarah Northcott and team explored what people with #aphasia and their families consider important when training healthcare staff to support their psychological #wellbeing post stroke. Codesign workshops with 6 stakeholders identified 5 themes:

British Aphasiology Society (@basaphasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out the finalised BAS Conference 2025 programme. Early bird registration closes this Friday (13th June). Get your online and in person tickets booked now to take advantage ๐Ÿ˜€ blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/conferโ€ฆ