This year, Speech Pathology Week is running from 22-28 August, with the theme ‘communicating with confidence’. One key focus of this week is to promote speech pathology and recognise the impact speech pathology has on those Australians experiencing a communication disability affecting their daily lives.
Speech Pathology Week seeks to promote the speech pathology profession and the work done by speech pathologists with the 1.2 million Australians who have a communication disability.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the challenges faced by Australians with communication disability. Communication is a basic human right and Speech Pathology Week seeks to make Australians aware of this. Speech pathologists work to ensure everyone can communicate with confidence. It is important that the broader community understands that:
- communication is a basic human right
- 1.2 million Australians live with communication disability
- communication disability is largely invisible. Unseen and out-of-sight
- confident communication helps maximise educational, health and social outcomes
- communication is more than just speech
Speech Pathology Week also highlights the importance of communication (which includes more than just speech) and seeks to educate the broader community about communication disabilities which are largely ‘invisible’. Speech Pathology Australia aims to empower individuals to be more confident in their communication and help maximise educational, health and social outcomes.
Get involved this August by:
- Raising awareness of communication disabilities on social media
- Educating yourself on ways to successfully communicate
- Sharing successful communication tips with friends and family
For more information, visit:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/