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Speech Pathology in Malaysia

Malaysia is a fast developing country located in Southeast Asia. There has been a tremendous boom in healthcare services in Malaysia over the past two decades.
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Long Island University (LIU), New York

Long Island University

Under the leadership of their advisor, George Pagano, students with Long Island University (LIU), New York set a goal to increase the number of signatories to the Universal Declaration of Communication Rights to 10,000.
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Speech & Language Development Australia

Two children playing at a playground

Speech & Language Development Australia is committed to advocating for those with communication disabilities, as well as their families, caregivers, and communication professionals—supporting the goals of the ICP.
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Traveling the World as a Speech Therapist

“In every new place [I travel] and with every new community, I am firstly a stranger who needs to observe the way of living and communicating. I have to learn how to adapt myself, in the same way as the deaf woman in my childhood memory…”
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Making a Difference in Ghana

Two women and a group of children

“While I sit in the hallway of the Tamale teaching hospital in Northern Ghana, the noise from the busy street below forces me to lean closer to hear one of more than 240 children gathered to be assessed by international speech-language therapists. Through interpreters, we desperately try to ascertain articulation and nasality, and ultimately understand communication here in Ghana, where there are more than 250 different languages and dialects.”
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Learn About The Icelandic Association of Speech Language Therapists

“In addition to the six founding organisations, nearly 50 organisations from all over the world participate in ICP. To encourage international knowledge-sharing, we’ve asked the Icelandic Association of Speech Language Therapists to provide us with a bit more information about their work and the status of communication disorders in Iceland.”
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Speech Pathology in Vietnam—A Student’s Perspective

Speech-language pathologist working with children in Vietnam

“…the word is spreading, and families are realising how speech therapy can help their loved ones. The Trinh Foundation welcomes volunteer speech pathologists to assist in the growth and development of speech pathology in Vietnam, and I would encourage more Australians to get involved.”
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