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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Listen below to a podcast I did about how to help create social change amongst your circle of influence for important issues like animals, the environment, and social justice 🌱🌿🌳🐣🦥🐳

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Check out my latest publication testing #NaturalLanguageProcessing tools across 52 languages

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Listen here to a radio show I did about tactics for animal justice and social justice activists 🌿✊️ #activism #radicalflank #diversityoftactics #socialjustice #animalliberation

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Thank you to my supervisors Ange Morgan, Melissa Wake, Daisy Shepherd, everyone who generously contributed data used in my research, and everyone who provided insight and supported me during my PhD 💜 12/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🫶 How do we then support children identified as having language difficulties? 🔗 In my thesis I show how we can explore causal mechanisms underlying language development. And that these could inform language interventions. 👀 Stay tuned for results coming from those causal studies... 11/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

👀 Stay tuned for more research improving those short predictor sets GOT THOUGHTS? If you belong to one of these groups, you can share your views here: Health/education workers: redcap.link/whotoreferesps Speech Pathologists: redcap.link/whotoreferslps Parents: redcap.link/whotoreferpa... 10/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🔎 We made two of these predictor sets available for researchers to use. 1️⃣ Ask parents of 2-3yos these 5 questions 2️⃣ Use the code we provide to estimate children's likelihood of later language challenges 3️⃣ Invite those children to take part in research studies github.com/lottiegasp/l... 9/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🧬 Then I tried adding two genetic variables to the parent reported predictors. But they didn't add much accuracy. For now, asking parents questions or observing the child seem the best approaches to spotting language delays and disorders in young children. doi.org/10.1016/j.ps... 8/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Next, I used another data set to: ✅ replicate the findings of the first study doi.org/10.1111/1460... 7/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In my first study, I developed predictor sets that are: ✅ short (5-8 questions for parents when their child is 2-3yo) and ✅ accurate (>70% sensitivity and specificity) ✅ at predicting language 8-9y later (at 11yo) doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... 6/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

📈 We need predictors that can identify true cases of both low and typical language outcome. (High sensitivity AND specificity) ⏱️ Screening approaches must be feasible for widespread administration. (Not a survey of 100s of questions for parents) 🔁 Results need to replicate. 5/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I argue that: 👶➡️🧒We need EARLY identification of LATER outcomes Global language at 2-3y is not stable enough to reflect persisting language skills. (Many late talkers catch up). So we need to test early predictors (0-3y) against robust middle/late childhood language outcomes (4y+) 4/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I identified the issue that: 🔎 we do not know how to identify young children with language disorders (At least not accurately enough across the whole population to justify population-wide screening) 3/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In my thesis background chapter, I summarised research showing that: ✴️ About one in 10 children has a language disorder ✴️ Language disorders have far-reaching impacts ✴️ Language disorders are unknown, under-researched and under-serviced 2/12

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I have finished my PhD and my thesis is available with open access! 👩‍🎓📕 Here is a summary of what I did in my PhD... hdl.handle.net/11343/369691 #thesis #phd #language #dld #devlangdis #childlanguage #prediction #causalinference 1/12

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Redenlab Inc. @redenlab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

What if you could spot a child's language disorder before it fully emerges? Meet @lottiegasp.bsky.social, clinical linguist and researcher at Redenlab. Swipe through to see her work. 🧪🧠📈 Read more: 🔬 doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... 🧬 doi.org/10.1016/j.ps... 📄 doi.org/10.1111/1460...

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Tune in to 3CR on June 14th 1-2pm AEST for animal-themed trivia! Help keep animal advocacy on the airwaves of 3CR by donating and sharing! #animaljustice #animalfacts #vegan #trivia

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

💜Parents: redcap.link/whotoreferpa... 💜Speech Pathologists: redcap.link/whotoreferslps 💜Other health/education workers: redcap.link/whotoreferesps #research #mcri #speechpathology #speechpath #speech #speechie #speechtherapy #childhealth #MurdochChildrens #language #communication 2/2

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

⭐️ Who to refer for language therapy? ⭐️ 🔍The MCRI Translation Centre for Speech Disorders is seeking views from parents, Speech Pathologists and other health or education workers ⬇️See flyer for eligibility and details. Interested? Scan the QR code or click the link in the post below 1/2

Share your views to improve research!
Seeking parents and health or education workers!
It is hard to know which children should see a Speech Pathologist before they start school.
We are making a tool that will help spot which children should see a Speech Pathologist.
In this study, we are asking for opinions about how to make this tool.

Are you:
A parent of a child 0-6 years old?
A Speech Pathologist? Or,
Another health or education worker who works with children 0-4 years old?
What is this study?
We are making a tool that will help spot which children should see a Speech Pathologist.
This study will get your opinions about how to make this tool useful and trustworthy for parents and health and education providers.
What’s involved?
You will do the survey on your phone or computer.
The whole survey will take about 20 minutes of your time. It doesn’t need to be done in one go. You can save your progress and return later.
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Share your views to improve research!
Seeking parents and health or education workers!
Who can take part?
If you belong to one of the three groups below, scan the QR code or click the link to take part!
Parent of a child aged 0-6 years:
Who is 18+ years old and live in Australia
Link: https://redcap.link/whotoreferparents
Speech Pathologist:
Who works in Australia with children 0-4 years.
Link: https://redcap.link/whotoreferslps
Other health or education provider:
Who works in Australia with children 0-4 years. This includes:
Maternal and Child Health Nurses
Early Childhood Educators and Carers
General Practitioners
General Paediatricians
Link: https://redcap.link/whotoreferesps
If you have any queries, please contact us at: loretta.gasparini@mcri.edu.au
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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Listen here to radio show I did about the animal rights and political themes in #wicked the musical and films 💚💖🐐🐻🦁 #veganism #animalrights #consistentantioppression

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Please sign this open letter from the Jewish Countil of Australia asking the Australian government to respond to the tragic Bondi attack with an approach that will bring us together and mitigate antisemitism, Islamophobia and all forms of racism jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/

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SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi

Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Researchers can use these questions to recruit children into their research. Or in studies where it is only feasible to collect a very brief snapshot of children's language. The GitHub linked below shows you how 2/3 github.com/lottiegasp/l...

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GitHub - lottiegasp/languagepredictions: Generating new predictions of language outcome

Generating new predictions of language outcome. Contribute to lottiegasp/languagepredictions development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Thanks to all my co-authors, those who provided data, and all study participants! ⭐ 4/n

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The best ways to identify most young children with language disorder are still to ask parents questions 📝, or for a clinician to observe the child 👀. Here is a super short set of questions you can ask parents to identify 2-3-year-olds likely to have later language difficulties! 3/n

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We combined a genetic measure 🧬 with parent survey questions 📝 to see how well they predicted individuals' language 💬 at 11 years. The genetic measure did not reliably improve predictive accuracy 2/n

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

⭐ New paper published in Psychiatry Research ⭐ 🧬 Available genetic measures can’t yet help us identify individuals with low language at 11 years #DevLangDis #DLD #genetics #language doi.org/10.1016/j.ps... 1/n

Available genetic measures can’t help us identify individuals with low language at 11 years. 1. What this research is about. About 1 in 10 children has a language disorder. It’s hard to identify these children when they are young. This makes it hard to give them the support they need. Picture of a parent looking at a child with a magnifying glass. 2. What the researchers did. We calculated a measure that represents part of an individual’s genetic risk of having lower language skills. We combined this genetic measure with parent survey questions to see how well they predicted individuals’ language at 11 years. Picture of a strand of DNA plus a parent holding a child and a survey. 3. What the researchers found. We repeated the results across 2 groups. In both groups, the survey questions could predict about three quarters of children with low language at 11 years. See the “Survey only” bars in the graph. A graph shows that "Survey only" had 86% and 74% accuracy. Our genetic measures did not improve how well we could predict individuals’ later language very much. The numbers for “Survey and genetics” are not that much higher than the dark bars. A graph shows that "Survey and genetics" had 87% and 78% accuracy. 4. What this means. Genetics can’t help yet with identifying most young children with language disorders. The best ways are still to ask parents questions, or for a clinician to observe the child. Learn more here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116826 or email: gasparini.lorett@gmail.com

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

- Per IOM, almost 3,000 ppl were displaced from Bara; at least 130 people have been reported missing since RSF took over Bara 2 days ago. ***** To aid in Elfashir relief effort, please contribute to the orgs listed under "urgent causes": linktr.ee/BSonblast #KeepEyesOnSudan

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@bsonblast | Linktree

Linktree. Make your link do more.

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

ACTIONS FOR SUDAN 🇸🇩 Follow @bsonblast.bsky.social for updates. Repost. Talk about Sudan. Donate: linktr.ee/hopeandhaven... ; www.darfurwomenaction.org/donate/ ; www.sudansolidarity.com #KeepEyesOnSudan

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This news is about as bad as it gets. After over 550 days of SIEGE, #Elfasher has now been taken by the Rapid Support Forces (a rebranded Janjaweed, who committed the 2003-5 genocide in Darfur)... and the violence that has followed is horrific. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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El-Fasher: Rebel group claims capture of key city in Sudan

The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 06/10/2025

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

What aspects of language does DLD impact on? Watch this to find out!

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I did a radio showing discussing visions of the future to save people 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👪 animals 🦘🦎🦐 and the planet 🌍🌿🌻 @freedomofspecies.bsky.social #HalfEarthSocialism #nottheendoftheworld #veganism

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

AUSTRALIANS: I copied in foreign.minister@dfat.gov.au and added to the email: "I am writing from Australia where I am a citizen and resident. I am particularly appalled that Australia continues to export weapon and military material components to Israel: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... " 2/2

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Australia keeping military exports to Israel flowing during Gaza war

The federal government has upheld dozens of military export permits to Israel, raising fresh questions about Australia's weapons transfers throughout the war in Gaza.

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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

ACTION FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸 Write to representatives of State Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty demanding that they enforce the Arms Trade Treaty to stop military parts being sent to Israel to genocide Palestinians bdsmovement.net/resources/ur... #FreePalestine #FromTheRiverToTheSea 1/2