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Northcott, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-8229-5452, Comer, A. ORCID: 0009-0003-7319-781X, Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 , Davis, L. ORCID: 0000-0001-9487-2798 & Hilari, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-2091-4849view all authors (2025). Improving how healthcare staff support the psychological wellbeing of people living with post- stroke aphasia: a co-created study. Health Expectations, 28(3), article number e70303. doi: 10.1111/hex.70303

Comer, A. ORCID: 0009-0003-7319-781X, Northcott, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-8229-5452, Behn, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-9356-9957 , Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Devane, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-8448-1478 & Hilari, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-2091-4849view all authors (2025). Experiences and perspectives of UK speech and language therapists on telehealth assessment with people living with post‐stroke aphasia. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 60(2), article number e70018. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.70018

Caute, A., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Dipper, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-5918-3898 & Stark, B. C.view all authors (2025). Assessment and treatment of gesture in neurogenic communication disorders: An international survey of practice. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 60(1), article number e13136. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.13136

Devane, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-8448-1478, Botting, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-1082-9501, Cruice, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7344-2262 , Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Danille, S., Wood, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-9270-247X & Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654Xview all authors (2024). Data Visualization and Decision Making in Adults with Acquired and Developmental Language Disabilities: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 59(6), pp. 2617-2631. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.13105

Hilari, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-2091-4849, Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Northcott, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-8229-5452 & Behn, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-9356-9957view all authors (2024). Telehealth practice in aphasia: a survey of UK Speech and Language Therapists, with a focus on assessment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 59(4), pp. 1296-1307. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12996

Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Barnard, R. A., Cruice, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7344-2262 , Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221X, Mulholland, A., Neate, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-1387-8168 & Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654Xview all authors (2024). “Difficult but Good”: Enjoying Accessible Digital Creativity. Aphasiology, 38(1), pp. 92-122. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2022.2160624

Caute, A., Cruice, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7344-2262, Devane, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-8448-1478 , Patel, A., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Talbot, R. ORCID: 0000-0001-5007-0785, Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654X & Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221Xview all authors (2022). Delivering group support for people with aphasia in a virtual world: experiences of service providers. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(26), pp. 8264-8282. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.2011436

Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 & Skeat, J. (2022). Innovation through participatory design: Collaborative qualitative methods in the development of speech-language pathology technology. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(5), pp. 527-532. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2050943

Behn, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-9356-9957, Moss, B., McVicker, S. , Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Northcott, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-8229-5452, Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221X, Thomas, S., Simpson, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-3286-9846, Flood, C., James, K., Goldsmith, K. & Hilari, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-2091-4849view all authors (2021). SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB) feasibility trial: fidelity of peer-befriending for people with aphasia. BMJ Open, 11(8), article number e047994. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047994

Knowles, B., Hanson, V., Rogers, Y. , Piper, A. M., Waycott, J., Davies, N., Ambe, A., Brewer, R. N., Chattopadhyay, D., Deepak-Gopinath, M., Gutierrez-Lopez, M., Jelen, B., Lazar, A., Nielek, R., Pena, B. B., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Schlager, M., Schulte, B. & Yuan, Y.view all authors (2021). The Harm in Conflating Aging with Accessibility. Communications of the ACM, 64(7), pp. 66-71. doi: 10.1145/3431280

Roper, A. & Mascetti, S. (2021). ASSETS 2020 UX Panel Report: “Lockdown Experiences”. ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing, 130, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1145/3477315.3477317

Caute, A., Dipper, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-5918-3898 & Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 (2021). The City Gesture Checklist: The development of a novel gesture assessment. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 56(1), pp. 20-35. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12579

Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221X, Devane, N., Talbot, R. , Caute, A., Cruice, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7344-2262, Hilari, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-2091-4849, MacKenzie, G., Maguire, K., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Patel, A. & Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654Xview all authors (2020). A Randomised Trial of Social Support Group Intervention for People with Aphasia: A Novel Application of Virtual Reality. PLoS One, 15(9), article number e0239715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239715

Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Grellmann, B., Neate, T. , Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221X & Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654Xview all authors (2018). Social networking sites: barriers and facilitators to access for people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 32(sup1), pp. 176-177. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1486387

Varley, R. A., Cowell, P. E., Dyson, L. , Inglis, L., Roper, A. & Whiteside, S. P.view all authors (2016). Self-Administered Computer Therapy for Apraxia of Speech. Stroke, 47(3), pp. 822-828. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.115.011939

Roper, A., Marshall, J. & Wilson, S. (2016). Benefits and Limitations of Computer Gesture Therapy for the Rehabilitation of Severe Aphasia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10(NOV2016), article number 595. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00595

Wilson, S., Roper, A., Marshall, J. , Galliers, J. R., Devane, N., Booth, T. & Woolf, C.view all authors (2015). Codesign for People with Aphasia Through Tangible Design Languages. CoDesign, 11(1), pp. 21-34. doi: 10.1080/15710882.2014.997744

Roper, A. (2014). Accessibility of computer therapy and technology for people with aphasia. ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing(108), pp. 50-53. doi: 10.1145/2591357.2591366

Marshall, J., Roper, A., Galliers, J. R. , Wilson, S., Cocks, N., Muscroft, S. & Pring, T.view all authors (2013). Computer delivery of gesture therapy for people with severe aphasia. Aphasiology, 27(9), pp. 1128-1146. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2013.786803

Book Section

Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654X, Neate, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-1387-8168 & Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221Xview all authors (2019). Speech and Language. In: Web Accessibility A Foundation for Research. (pp. 121-131). London, UK: Springer.

Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 (2019). Computer-aided rehabilitation. In: Damico, J. S. & Ball, M. J. (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. (pp. 456-460). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.

Grellmann, B., Neate, T., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 , Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654X & Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221Xview all authors (2018). Investigating Mobile Accessibility Guidance for People with Aphasia. In: ASSETS '18 Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. (pp. 410-413). New York, USA: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3234695.3241011

Conference or Workshop Item

Kladouchou, V., Makri, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-5817-4893, Frankowska-Takhari, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-4930-7391 , Neate, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-1387-8168, Macfarlane, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8057-0737, Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654X & Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294view all authors (2025). "The Internet is Hard. Is Words": Investigating Information Search Difficulties Experienced by People with Aphasia and strategies for Combatting Them. In: CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI 2025, 26 Apr - 1 May 2025, Yokohama, Japan. doi: 10.1145/3706598.3713808

Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654X, Devane, N. ORCID: 0000-0001-8448-1478 , Talbot, R., Caute, A., Cruice, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-7344-2262, Ozolina, S. & Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221Xview all authors (2025). Connection and Cohesion in a Co-designed Virtual World: Experience of Online Aphasia Groups. In: Goodman-Deane, J., Zitkus, E., Brock, A. , Clarkson, J., Dong, H., Heylighen, A. & Lazar, J.view all authors (Eds.), New Frontiers for Inclusion. Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) 2025, 2-4 Apr 2025, Cambridge, UK. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-84681-6_14

Northcott, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-8229-5452, Comer, A. ORCID: 0009-0003-7319-781X, Davis, L. ORCID: 0000-0001-9487-2798 , Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 & Hilari, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-2091-4849view all authors (2024). What Do People Living With Aphasia Want Healthcare Professionals To Know When Supporting Emotional Recovery? Co-Designing A Series Of Short Films. In: International Journal of Stroke. 19th UK Stroke Forum Conference, 3-5 Dec 2024, Liverpool, UK.

Tamburro, C., Neate, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-1387-8168, Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 & Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654Xview all authors (2020). Accessible Creativity with a Comic Spin. In: ASSETS '20: The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ASSETS 2020: The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 26 - 28 October 2020, Athens, Greece. doi: 10.1145/3373625.3417012

Neate, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-1387-8168, Roper, A. & Wilson, S. (2020). Painting a Picture of Accessible Digital Art. In: ASSETS '20: The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ASSETS 2020The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 26 - 28 October 2020, Athens, Greece. doi: 10.1145/3373625.3418019

Clark, L., Cowan, B. R., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 , Lindsay, S. & Sheers, O.view all authors (2020). Speech diversity and speech interfaces - considering an inclusive future through stammering. In: Torres, M. & Schlögl, S. (Eds.), CUI '20: Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Conversational User Interfaces. doi: 10.1145/3405755.3406139

Neate, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-1387-8168, Roper, A., Wilson, S. , Marshall, J. & Cruice, M.view all authors (2020). CreaTable Content and Tangible Interaction in Aphasia. In: CHI '20: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI 2020, 25-30 April 2020, Hawaii, USA. doi: 10.1145/3313831.3376490

Neate, T., Bourazeri, K., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294 , Stumpf, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6482-1973 & Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654Xview all authors (2019). Co-Created Personas: Engaging and Empowering Users with Diverse Needs Within the Design Process. In: CHI '19 Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 4-9 May 2019, Glasgow, UK. doi: 10.1145/3290605.3300880

Neate, T., Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654X & Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221Xview all authors (2019). Empowering Expression for Users with Aphasia through Constrained Creativity. In: Brewster, S. & Fitzpatrick, G. (Eds.), CHI '19 Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 4-9 May 2019, Glasgow, UK. doi: 10.1145/3290605.3300615

Roper, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-6950-6294, Davey, I., Wilson, S. ORCID: 0000-0001-6445-654X , Neate, T., Marshall, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6589-221X & Grellmann, B.view all authors (2018). Usability Testing – An Aphasia Perspective. In: ASSETS '18 Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. ASSETS 2018 The 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 22 - 24 October 2018, Galway Ireland. doi: 10.1145/3234695.3241481

Galliers, J. R., Wilson, S., Roper, A. , Cocks, N., Marshall, J. & Pring, T.view all authors (2012). Words are not enough: Empowering people with aphasia in the design process. In: Proceedings of the 12th Participatory Design Conference, ACM International Conference Proceedings Series. The 12th Participatory Design Conference, 12 - 16 Aug 2012, Roskilde, Denmark. doi: 10.1145/2347635.2347643

Galliers, J. R., Wilson, S., Muscroft, S. , Marshall, J., Roper, A., Cocks, N. & Pring, T.view all authors (2011). Accessibility of 3D Game Environments for People with Aphasia: An Exploratory Study. Paper presented at the 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 24 - 26 Oct 2011, Dundee, Scotland.

Thesis

Roper, A. (2017). Computer gesture therapy for adults with severe aphasia. (Unpublished Doctoral thesis, City, University of London)