Helen Robinson (she/her)

Following on from my poster presentation at #CM23conf and as part of #AACaware23 month, I'm please to share The Positive AAC Framework. Building on the 4 P's of AAC model, this framework was developed with input from AAC users, families and practitioners.

Exciting News! My book is finally available to pre-order, and discounted too! routledge.com/Working-with-A…

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@sofia_watson @Comm_Matters Thanks Sofia!

@HelenATSLT @Comm_Matters Honestly such a good talk! Thank you. Lots of food for thought.

Honoured to have been asked to step in and deliver the plenary session at @Comm_Matters conference this morning. I know there’ll be some friendly faces smiling back at me in the crowd! Thanks to all who have sent messages of encouragement.

Absolutely fabulous to see @HelenATSLT as the plenary speaker at @Comm_Matters Conference. Challenging our approaches. Thinking about Authentic AAC @BarnsleyAT

Let’s all be ‘aware of where our rocks are anchored’. Great to think about a critical inquiry stance @HelenATSLT @Comm_Matters

The Most Excellent @HelenATSLT challenging us to reconsider #aac through a lens of neurodivergent affirming practices. A brilliantly thoughtful, considered, provocative plenary at #cm2024conf from a 💫 #clinicalacademic @ClinAcSLT @RCSLTResearch @BarnsleyAT @Bristol_SLTRU

@paulinedownie @Comm_Matters Thanks Pauline - I survived!

Excited to be presenting twice today at the @Comm_Matters conference. Even more excited that I’ve made it ‘bring your spouse to work day’ and get to present alongside my wife, who is sharing her experience of using AAC. See some of you there!

@LauranDoak It was such a good conference! Sorry you missed it

@HelenATSLT Really wish I had gone now!

Excited for this today! I’ll be presenting my poster on Re-Imagining the Design of Graphic Symbol Communication Systems for Children who are Non-Speaking in order to Embrace Communication Difference nd Reject a Deficit Based Viewpoint of Language Use.

Great to present my research plans today at Sheffield Literacies and Language conference. Thanks to those who came to listen. Looking forward to continuing some great conversations!

@KimMears1 I will ask if I’m allowed

Really enjoyed taking part in @KathBroomfield’s public involvement groups today at @TheNationalStar. Hearing from AAC users and fab to have an illustrator documenting the discussions. Lots learned for my future research!

Fantastic to see this on the wall at @TheNationalStar today!

@drchrisjbailey Cannot wait for this!

Thing for Saturday thing

Looking forward to joining Katherine and meeting the PPI group today!

📣OUT NOW📣 All new #AAC #augcomm guidance for clinicians AND info for the public. So much work went into #coproduction of these resources, please please share far & wide ⁦@Comm_Matters⁩ ⁦@RCSLT⁩ ⁦⁦@beth_moulam⁩ ⁦@mummyvsaac⁩ rcslt.org/speech-and-lan…

Looking for Finnish content about autistic self-identity. Can anyone link me up with Finnish #ActuallyAutistic content creators?

Thanks to my colleague @alison_o who worked especially hard to get this #CHI2024 @acm_chi paper into Late Breaking Works. I so love our #softlynonspoken project - it's great to be able to share it with the world. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36… @jarkman @airgiantsHQ @BristolRobotLab