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 Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Apraxia Kids

May 17th is #NF1 Awareness Day. NF1 is the most common #neurologicalcondition caused by a single #gene. Today we spread awareness of NF1 and thank all families who have contributed to our research.

A new article by Prof Kenyon & collaborators with Profs Angela Morgan & Adam Vogel Speech Neuroscience from the Translational Centre for Speech Disorders. ‘Volumetric and diffusion #MRI abnormalities associated with #dysarthria in #multiplesclerosis.’  doi.org/10.1093/brainc…

Please join us next week (Friday 7 June) at our Symposium co-hosted with UCL GOS Institute of Child Health to hear international experts present on the most recent #genetic and #neuroimaging discoveries in #speech and #language disorders. To register ucl.ac.uk/child-health/e…

Dr Amanda Brignell and collaborators including Profs Angela Morgan and Sheena Reilly from the Translational Centre for Speech Disorders published '#Language growth in verbal #autistic children from 5 to 11 years' in Autism Research doi.org/10.1002/aur.31…

9th June is international #BattenDisease awareness day - a group of genetic childhood dementias. We are researching #speech & #language in CLN2 & CLN3 Batten disease & look forward to sharing this research soon BDSRA Foundation Batten Disease @BattenDiseaseUK Childhood Dementia Initiative Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

12th June is International #DDX3X day. DDX3X-Neurodevelopmental Disorder (NDD) is a rare genetic condition which is linked to #autism, #adhd, #epilepsy and #speech and #language disorders. The DDX3X Foundation DDX3X Support UK @ddx3_es

A big thank you to all the wonderful speakers and delegates who attended our CRE Symposium co-hosted with UCL GOS Institute of Child Health on the most recent #genetic and #neuroimaging discoveries in #speech and #language disorders. Thank you for a stimulating and enjoyable day.

23rd June is #DravetSyndrome awareness day. Dravet syndrome is a rare genetic condition which causes #epilepsy, alongside #speech & #language disorders. Dravet Syndrome Foundation Dravet Syndrome UK

Prof Morgan, Prof Robinson & collaborators have just published a paper discussing the need to refine classification of #speech and #language phenotype terms in the #HumanPhenotype Ontology (HPO) in rare diseases in European Journal of Human Genetics. nature.com/articles/s4143…

One-minute survey predicts 70% of children who will have low language in late childhood across two studies IJLCD Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) MCRI - Translational Centre for Speech Disorders UniMelb MDHS Daisy Shepherd Melissa Wake #DevLangDis #DLD 1/14

CRE Director Prof Angela Morgan was interviewed at the Cure CLCN4 conference about work her student Alecka Garrett is doing on #speech and #language outcomes in individuals with #CLCN4-related neurodevelopmental disorder.

STUTTA (the Australian #Stuttering Association) is hosting free online practice job interview sessions this October for adults who #stutter. Read more and register your interest at stutta.org/work

Prof Ange Morgan & I have worked with Unique 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/singlege…

Koolen-de Vries Syndrome Awareness Day

Koolen-de Vries Syndrome Awareness Day

CRE Profs Morgan, Hildebrand, Amor and Dr Scerri together with Prof Stark (#VCGS) have released a #childhoodapraxiaofspeech #PanelApp for #genes that play a role in speech apraxia. PanelApp is a tool to share, view & evaluate #GenePanels. panelapp.agha.umccr.org/panels/4290/

Congrats to Speech & Language team member Lottie Gasparini on her poster presentation at IASCL.

21st August is international #DYRK1A awareness day. DYRK1A syndrome is a rare genetic condition which is associated with #autism, #adhd, #epilepsy and #speech and #language disorders.

The 17th of September is #KleefstraSyndrome awareness day. Speech and language disorders are common in individuals with #KS, requiring targeted #speech & #language therapy. Thank you to all the #KS families who have taken part in our research!