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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 9h

ABI Communication Lab #What’sOnMyDesk? 🧠✨
Here's what's been our desks:

🔹 Latest journal articles and notes
🔹 Favourite coffee mug ☕
🔹 Lab notebooks filled with observations and ideas
🔹 Sticky notes

What's on your desk? Share your list in the comments!

#LabLife

ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 1d

🎤 #ConferenceTips

✅ Know your audience—keep it clear and practise out loud
✅ Use visuals to support your message
✅ Prepare for questions and don’t be afraid to say “I’m not sure, but I’d love to follow up”
✅ Most of all, enjoy the experience!

Got some other tips? Comment below👇

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 2d

🙌 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...

Introducing Brigitte

youtu.be

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 6d

💻 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 7d

🧠 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 7d

🌍 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

ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 10d

🚀 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

ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 14d

🚀 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 17d

📸 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 17d

💙 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 💪

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 21d

🌟 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! 💛

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 24d

✨ 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 28d

🧠📚 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
📧 [email protected]

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 28d

🧠📚 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?

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · 28d

🎨 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

🗣️ 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 23

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:
[email protected]

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 11

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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Jul 6

This year’s NAIDOC Week is focused on young Indigenous leaders striving to improve human rights, political and social issues facing their communities.

Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn

theconversation.com

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ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎓 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

ABI Communication Lab 🧠 🌱 💬 @abicommlab.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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