1. Collaborations to address barriers for people with communication disabilities in Ghana: Considering the World Report on Disability
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Albert Oseibagyina, Anthony Laing, Miriam Baigorri, Catherine J. Crowley, Opoku Ware Ampomah, ED Kitcher, Belinda Bukari, Albert Paintsil, and Clement Ntim
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Research and Theory ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Professional development ,Public relations ,LPN and LVN ,Language and Linguistics ,World health ,Speech and Hearing ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Work (electrical) ,Pedagogy ,Sustainability ,Medicine ,business ,Function (engineering) ,media_common - Abstract
The World Health Organization's World Report on Disability underscores the need to identify and address barriers that limit people with disabilities from having access to services. Wylie, McAllister, Davidson, and Marshall (2013) consider the impact of that report on people with communication disabilities (PWCD). Over the past 5 years, the authors have worked together in Ghana to address the needs of PWCD. With only about 10 university-trained speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in Ghana, the barriers to PWCD receiving services are quite high. The authors are working together and with others to establish the first speech-language pathology program in Ghana. The authors also work to identify ways to share with PWCD and their families knowledge and skills on how to improve the communicative function of PWCD. In doing so, the authors have learned valuable lessons about the role of an SLP, especially when considering under-served PWCD, lessons that are applicable to both Majority and Minority World co...
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- 2013
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