Tricia McCabe

The first rule of science club is:
TELL EVERYONE ABOUT SCIENCE CLUB! There's safety in numbers.

Eunice Newton Foote and the Birth of Climate Science: The Forgotten Woman Who Discovered the Greenhouse Effect On an anonymous desk in a spartan classroom of the pioneering Troy Female Seminary, a teenage girl with blue-grey eyes and an oceanic mind is bent over an astronomy book, preparing to revolutionize…

On #InternationalWomensDay, the forgotten woman who pioneered climate science www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/12/e...

...and the DLD Project Summit has gone live - such an amazing programme - run don't walk. FREE for the DLD community and only $39 for professionals; all the programme virtual and accessible for 3 months viewing #DevLangDis
thedldproject.com/dld-global-s...

Caregivers' Experiences of Assessment and Treatment for Their Child With Childhood Apraxia of Speech: An International Questionnaire Study Purpose: The aim of this study was to understand caregivers' preferences and experiences with diagnosis and treatment of childhood apraxia of spe...

This study highlights the need for parental education and communication when working with children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Learn how to better ensure that caregivers' concerns about their children's speech are addressed https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00358 @sydney.edu.au

Please please please get on this

Happy Mardi Gras from Australia’s Eucalypts! They come in every colour of the rainbow and are the original supporters of diversity with over 800 species.

Have fun tonight if you’re celebrating! 🌈 x

Great to be at the new Centre for Child and Adolescent Health Research planning day @sydney.edu.au such an amazing collaboration of consumers clinicians and researchers

Do Australian and Hong Kong SLP students hear #voice the same way? authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

10,000 bogong moths to be tagged at Kosciuszko, volunteers needed to track their journey | About Regional Next week, the high country of Kosciuszko National Park (KNP) will become the starting line for a remarkable journey. Starting…

If you’re in south-eastern Australia, from the Snowy Mountains of NSW to Victoria’s alpine foothills and between, consider becoming a “Bogong Buddy” and help track their migration.

#mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #citizenscience #communityscience

aboutregional.com.au/10000-bogong...

@tricmc.bsky.social
Roses are red
Sometimes they're not
Stop gaslighting my semantic system
And just give me the part of a plant that has petals, or inflorescences

Loving the linguistics valentines, thanks @gretchenmcculloch.com and friends

Roses are red
But are violets blue?
They’re literally named
After a different hue

Roses are red
Citation is fine
Bringing this back
Although it's not mine

bsky.app/profile/aedw...

Roses are red
A rabbit goes by
Might be the referent
When I say "Gavagai"

Roses are red
Violets are impressive
A text with a period
Is passive-aggressive

Roses are red
Linguists are in anguish
That there aren't many words
Which rhyme well with language

#linguistics

Roses are red
A baby bird cheeps
Linguists love ambiguity
More than most peeps

A spiky shape in green on a black background

A blobby shape in green on a black background

Roses are red
I bet you'll agree
Which one is bouba
And which is kiki

Roses are red
Violets are grue
In Ancient Egyptian,
Pashto, and Zulu

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2...

Roses are red
Mint is a herb
This sentence was passived
This sentence no verb

Real-Time Spoken Word Recognition in Adults With and Without Developmental Language Disorder: The Role of Early Language Skills Purpose: This study aims to address the critical gap in research on real-time language processing in adults with developmental language disorder ...

Do adults with DLD continue to exhibit differences in the dynamics of spoken word recognition observed in childhood or do they resolve by adulthood? This #JSLHR study aims to address a gap in research on real-time language processing.

https://on.asha.org/3MtGgpM #DevLangDis

A scoping review of augmentative and alternative communication use in children with childhood apraxia of speech Prior research has highlighted the positive impact of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) on speech and language development for children who cannot use speech alone. However, little i...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #apraxia

Reliability of Lexical Stress Transcription in Childhood Apraxia of Speech Purpose: Lexical stress errors are a reported characteristic of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in American English–speaking children. However,...

Lexical stress errors can help us assess childhood apraxia of speech; however, identifying these errors isn't always easy. This article from AJSLP highlighted that SLPs and students in CSD were able to properly identify these stress errors https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00170

Research, impact and leadership in speech and language therapy in Wales Professor Yvonne Wren is a Professor of Speech and Language Therapy at Cardiff Metropolitan University and a Health and Care Research Wales Senior Research Leader. Her work focuses on speech, language...

HCRW has published a profile on @yvonnewren.bsky.social. Click the link to read more about Yvonne and her research.
healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/r...

Reliability of Lexical Stress Transcription in Childhood Apraxia of Speech Purpose: Lexical stress errors are a reported characteristic of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in American English–speaking children. However,...

pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... #apraxia

Laura can’t afford unpaid work her allied health study needs It could cost less than $300 million over four years to support allied health students doing mandatory practical placements.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Diagnosing Apraxia of Speech in Children and Adults When There Is No Gold Standard: A Scoping Review About the Diagnostic Process Purpose: Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), stroke-induced apraxia of speech (AOS), and progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS) cannot be diagnosed ...

💰🔐 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Haley, K.L., Jacks, A., & Mailend, M.L. (2026). Diagnosing #Apraxia of Speech in Children and Adults When There Is No Gold Standard: A Scoping Review...AJSLP. doi.org/10.1044/2025...
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES Oh, $#*%! We don't need a new term, “speech apraxia syndromes”❗

Does your toddler call every animal a dog? Or call the moon a ball?

Both are examples of a perfectly normal toddler behavior known as overextension.

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I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.