Speech pathologist🗣PhD candidate @MCRI_Speechlang @UniMelbMDHS Interested in kids w/ genetic conditions & complex communication needs🧬 She/Her | Views my own

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined May 2021
Today is #InternationalStutteringAwarenessDay! See 👇 for some facts on #stuttering. We are still recruiting for our sub-group study on #stuttering. To register your interest ➡️ redcap.mcri.edu.au/surveys/?….
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Over the weekend I presented on speech & language phenotyping in CLN2 & CLN3 #BattenDisease @ the 2nd #LysosomalDiseaseSummit in Melbourne (hopefully we can share the paper soon!) #BDSRAAus @BDSRA @BattenDiseaseuk @MCRI_for_kids @MCRI_SpeechLang @UniMelbMDHS @UoMSpeechAlumni
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October is #AAC awareness month. Augmentative and Alternative Communication can include #KeyWordSign, low-tech comm aides like communication books & high-tech comm aides like speech generating devices! ➡️Team member Jen Wong talks about AAC. instagram.com/p/DApFaulJq4Y/
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Lottie Morison retweeted
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Prof Ange Morgan & I have worked with @Unique_charity to create a guide for #CDK13-related disorder. Unique's guides provide comprehensive, easily digestible info on many genetic conditions. The CDK13-related disorder guide is now available here: rarechromo.org/media/singleg…
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Plain Language Summaries of our team’s research on speech, language & cognition in 103 individuals with #KleefstraSyndrome are now available in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish via our website geneticsofspeech.org.au/gene… Summary proformas courtesy of @lottiegasp & team
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The 14th of May is #Apraxia Awareness Day! Today our team is wearing blue to show support for Childhood Apraxia of #Speech #CAS awareness. To learn more about our research you can visit geneticsofspeech.org.au @MCRI_for_kids @Apraxia_KIDS
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90 kids die from childhood dementia in Aus each year. A new podcast ep from @TheBriefingAU raises awareness + shares what ⬆️ researching funding means for kids living with childhood dementia & their families open.spotify.com/episode/2ac…
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Did you know kids with Childhood #Apraxia of Speech (CAS) can have challenges with fine and gross #motorskills? ✍🏽🏃‍♀️ 🗣️ We are recruiting for a study looking at the sensory and motor profiles in #CAS. Email for more info: [email protected] instagram.com/reel/C6XDqp_B9…
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Happy #KIF1A day! KIF1A Associated Neurological Disorder #KAND is a rare #genetic condition. Our team are working with @KIF1A to better understand #Speech, #Language and Non-verbal #Communication in KAND. To learn more about the research visit: geneticsofspeech.org.au/medi…
Today is KIF1A Day. A day to raise awareness, drive innovation forward to treatments, celebrate accomplishments our kids work relentlessly to achieve and hold on to. A day to remember those we have lost to this disease. Thank you to everyone climbing this mountain with us.
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Replying to @AngeMorg
@AngeMorg @MCRI_SpeechLang our wonderful research team casting a speech and language lens on #DEE @geneticepilepsy @Lottiedmorison – at Melbourne, Victoria
Current research in speech disorders in DEEs with Professor Angela Morgan @UniMelb @MCRI_for_kids #DEE #speech #research
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An engaging first day of the #GETA2024 conference hearing from families, clinicians, and scientists about genetic epilepsies. Also such a privilege to hear my supervisor @ingridscheffer speak about #DEEs & precision medicine. @geneticepilepsy
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Congratulations @MiyaDStJohn !
Congratulations @MiyaDStJohn runner up of the Mendelsohn Neuroscience Graduate Researcher Award (Clinical) for outstanding research identifying a set of chromatin #genes as important for #speech, #language, and #neural development in rare #genetic neurodevelopmental conditions.
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Next week 7pm Thurs 18th April AEST we are holding a webinar for Aus and NZ families, caregivers, support workers & clinicians (& anyone else who would like to come!). You can email me at [email protected] to be sent the webinar details.
Join us next week for a webinar on our recent research on '#Speech, #language and #communication in #KleefstraSyndrome' on Thurs 18th April 7pm AEST. For info see the flyer below or email [email protected] @kleefstrasyndro @kleefstrasynd @iDefineorg @emmagenetics
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They’re all terminal. They all progressively rob kids of their cognitive and physical abilities. Bringing these disorders together makes them impossible to ignore. You can see a stationary list here: bit.ly/3uHAJmN #rarediseaseday #childhooddementia
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Today is #RareDiseaseDay! We work with kids who have rare conditions affecting #speech & #language. Our research works to understand rare conditions to transform diagnosis, prognosis & enable precision therapies to improve outcomes! @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelbMDHS @UniMelb
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Already #RareDiseaseDay2024 in Aus & so pleased to share with you our first-ever National Recommendations for Rare Disease Care rarevoices.org.au/national-r… Huge thanks to the RArEST team, @RareVoices ,our clinical working group and people living with rare who codesigned these!
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Tomorrow is the rarest day of the year & rare disease day! @M4RareDiseases
Don’t forget to #ShowYourStripes tomorrow Thurs 29th Feb for #RareDiseaseDay! Just like a Zebra’s stripes, every individual with rare disease’s journey is unique. #Medics4RareDiseases #RareDisease #Genetics #RareAlly
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I’ve used these plain language summaries to share research - such a helpful resource from @lottiegasp @shaunziegenfusz & colleagues!
Useful paper by @lottiegasp @shaunziegenfusz @Suze_Freogirl and colleagues on guidelines for researchers to develop Plain Language Summaries of their research relating to the #DevLangDis population (eg written, visual, audio, and video summaries) scholar.google.co.uk/scholar… @NAPLIC
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Lottie Morison retweeted
We are investigating #speech and #language abilities in children and adults with #Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome #Glut1DS! Email us to register or find out more at [email protected] @MCRI_SpeechLang @speechneuro @ingridscheffer @G1DFoundation
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