“…For perceived non-essential services such as speech therapy, these difficulties are often compounded because of their lack of priority when disseminating resources (Andrews & Pillay, 2017 ; Bright, Wallace, & Kuper, 2018 ; Rech, Hugo, Schmidt, Goulart, & Hilgert, 2019 ). As a result, according to Andrews and Pillay ( 2017 ), Pierpoint and Pillay ( 2020 ) and Modi and Ross ( 2000 ), many Speech-Language Therapists (SLTs) chose to alter their practice patterns to cope with the demands of the contexts in which they work, to allow for best possible practice within challenging conditions (Doeltgen et al, 2019 ; Saito et al, 2016 ).…”