Emma McLaughlin
Living on Taungurung Land. She/her. Adult Speech-Language Pathologist. I have seronegative spondyloarthritis.
- Need cricket teams to have another member so Tongue can be XIi
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- And don't forget there is free training for both approaches for clinicians- no excuse not to be using evidenced based approaches for #CAS #DVD #SpeechApraxia
- Walking can reduce the risk of death - woot!
- Reposted by Emma McLaughlinTo ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
- @chronicillness.bsky.social Have to wear a dress today. Hence begins the latest viral challenge: velcro hand splint vs tights/pantyhose (ugh, I hate that word). 3, 2, 1 - GO!
- Happy Disability Pride Month
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- What books do I keep out for next semester, and do I put any back on the bookshelf?
- @chronicillness.bsky.social when you literally spend 10 minutes doing mindfulness meditation before drying the dishes, but you still end up crying
- Closest thing I have to a light saber
- @chronicillness.bsky.social Time to choose: Shame tears, or pain tears?
- Reposted by Emma McLaughlin🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to @noamross.net for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
- Reposted by Emma McLaughlinWe are doing a survey to understand why other professionals do/don't refer people with Primary Progressive Aphasia for speech-language support We want Drs, nurses, psychologists, social workers, OTs, PTs & any other profession. The survey can be accessed here: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
- Last year I suggested Vishnu Nair as a keynote, and we are now privileged to have him present at this year's #SPAConf Don't miss this.....
- @chronicillness.bsky.social Pro tip - don't search trough your collection of tights while wearing a wrist splint with velcro
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- Need advice. If someone outside Australia is commenting on Australian Indigenous material (art, music, etc), is it appropriate for them to perform an acknowledgement of country at the start of their video, blog etc?
- Reposted by Emma McLaughlinSold a Story has a new mini-series. We found a high-poverty school district where nearly every kid can read well. They’ve been teaching the same way for 25 years. But a new law, inspired by our reporting, put that at risk. All three podcast episodes are out now.
- What if I told you that in a small, rust belt city, where abandoned buildings line the streets, kids are doing better in reading than in some of the richest school districts in America? www.youtube.com/shorts/KsBNf...
- Reposted by Emma McLaughlin📢 Can you support aphasia research? Face-to-face And Telehealth Equivalence of assessments in Aphasia (FATE-A) is a research project *improving access to healthcare* This is the *final month* of recruitment We are hoping to see 100 people with aphasia More info: blogs.city.ac.uk/FATE-A/take-...
- Reposted by Emma McLaughlin📣 Calling on #SLPs 👈 We want to hear from #SLPs #SLTs about what you want from digital evidence tools to help you find research evidence easily. You're invited to participate in focus groups or an interview, register your interest here bit.ly/3D4QI2s #bskySPEECHIES @leannetogher.bsky.social
- Bonus points if you get the t-shirt reference
- I've never understood why a hospital should need to ask for donations to fund essential services
- @chronicillness.bsky.social Not actually funny. I would pay someone $1000 to make my bed
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- Today's socks
- It's so funny how, the day after a migraine, you feel like you have cognitive superpowers because you're just getting back to baseline
- I considered very carefully how to use my "knee time" this week. Just found out I was duped. Will adapt.
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- Reposted by Emma McLaughlinWe have new episodes of Sold a Story coming on February 20. www.youtube.com/shorts/zJgsx...
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- Apt
- @chronicillness.bsky.social Me: "You don't have to hand wash those, you could put them in the dishwasher" Other person: "Why Would I put them in the dishwasher if I can hand wash them?" Me: Um.......
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- Learning a lot about history, language, culture, and biases
- Old school uni notes circa 1990
- Something tells me today's filing cabinet clean up was well overdue
- @communiess.bsky.social Australia- SHMITTY
- No mention of SPs in this review re 'functional dysphagia'. I think we are an important member of the team. aoe.amegroups.org/article/view...
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- Enjoying the CATches
- McGrath Foundation - you do amazing work. But, hopefully you are providing care for people with cancer, not 'taking care to all cancers'.
- Reposted by Emma McLaughlin📢Please apply for the Cancer Discovery Early Career Award if you are the first or corresponding author of a Cancer Discovery paper published in 2023 or 2024, Assistant Professor or equivalent, and got your PhD/MD within the past 12 years! The deadline is January 10! aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
- @chronicillness.bsky.social For the first time in the last five days, I am sitting in a chair without pain. It's amazing. Cultural norms: "Dinner time! You have to sit at the table!" Me: Damn....here we go again
