Tim Connell is a Lead Clinician (Psychology) for the South Australian State Government service for adults with disabilities in Adelaide, Australia, and he also has a private practice. He has provided psychological services to children and young adults with disabilities for many years and more recently has been working with adults with disabilities.
Gina Conti-Ramsden is Professor of Child Language and Learning at The University of Manchester, UK. She is the Director of the Manchester Language Study, a longitudinal project following children with SLI from childhood to adulthood. She is also a founder member of RALLI, a campaign to raise awareness of SLI (see www.youtube.com/RALLIcampaign).
Kevin Durkin is Professor of Psychology at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He specializes in communicative and social development in typical and atypical children, with a particular interest in young people’s uses of media.
Hilary Gardner is a practising paediatric speech and language therapist and senior lecturer in human communication sciences at University of Sheffield, UK. Her research interests include clinical linguistics and the analysis of adult–child interactions of all kinds, especially where the child has speech, language and communication needs.
Juliet Goldbart is Director of the Research Institute for Health and Social Change and Professor of Developmental Disabilities at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Her research interests focus on communication and people with profound intellectual impairment, models of service delivery in the UK and in under-served countries and issues in research methodology.
Emma Grace is a PhD student in the Disability and Community Inclusion Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia. Emma completed an honours degree in speech pathology in the area of augmentative and alternative communication and has been actively involved in a range of research projects.
Amanda Hynan has recently completed a PhD in Speech and Language Therapy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She previously worked as a speech and language therapist. Her research focus is online social media use within the field of augmentative and alternative communication.
Amie M King is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA. Her research is applied, focusing on the use of evidence-based intervention for children with complex and severe speech and language impairments.
Janice Murray is Head of Speech Pathology and Therapy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and council chair elect of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Her research focus is language development through aided communication, language development in aided speakers, outcome measurement, augmentative and alternative communication and memory.
Lareen Newman is a Senior Researcher in the Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity at Flinders University, Australia . She researches the digital divide and service access for disadvantaged groups. She has edited a Health issue for the Journal of Community Informatics and an E-health issue for the Australian Journal of Primary Health.
Sarah Overton is a speech and language therapist based in Bristol, UK. She works in early years and community settings with children who have a variety of speech, language and communication needs. Her particular clinical interests are interventions for children with speech disorder and pre-school language delay.
Maria Pinto is a speech and language therapist in an early years intervention team in Portugal. She has extensive experience working in primary schools attending children with communication needs. Her research interests include augmentative and alternative communication interventions and technologies.
Parimala Raghavendra is a senior lecturer in Disability and Community Inclusion, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia. She is a speech pathologist researching on enhancing the participation of individuals with disabilities, especially those with complex communication needs, using main stream and assistive technologies.
Victoria Scott is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA. Her research interests include assistive technology, reading instruction, and assessment in children with special needs.
Melissa Thomeczek is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA. Her primary research interest includes the seamless integration of technology into K–12 education, as well as the use of mobile technologies to enhance students’ learning experiences.
Grayce Voreis is a graduate student in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA. Her research interests are in the areas of autism spectrum disorders and treatment effectiveness.
Denise Wood is an Associate Professor and Associate Head of the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia, and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She has led five national projects focusing on the use of accessible technologies to increase social and educational participation.
Yvonne Wren is a Senior Research Speech and Language Therapist at the Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit, Bristol, UK. She holds a National Institute of Health Research Fellowship to investigate persistent speech disorder. She has honorary research fellow status with the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol, UK.
