The World Report on Disability as a blueprint for international, national, and local aphasia services

Worrall, Linda; Howe, Tami; O'Callaghan, A. M.; Hill, Anne J.; Rose, Miranda; Wallace, Sarah; Rose, Tanya; Brown, Kyla; Power, Emma; O’Halloran, Robyn; Rohde, Alexia

doi:10.3109/17549507.2012.721004

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“…As we are dealing with the needs of individuals with communication impairments who often are voiceless in interface with government structures, our responsibilities with 178 TOPICS IN LANGUAGE DISORDERS/APRIL-JUNE 2014 aphasia are particularly high (Worrall et al, 2013). Embedded in the ethic of care, and along with an awareness of vulnerabilities imposed by age, disease, poverty, gender, and history, the profession of speech-language pathology needs to keep abreast of such issues and be agents of reform.…”

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Penn¹

2014

Topics in Language Disorders

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Emerging policy in South Africa has had a marked impact on delivery of service by speech-language pathologists, particularly in the field of aphasia. This article describes major policy influences in the areas of language use, health, education, disability, and the elderly, which have had an impact on service delivery. Aphasia assessment and intervention, in particular, are profoundly influenced by the unique sociopolitical context and opportunities are created for developing innovative perspectives, which expand traditional frameworks and scope of practice. Relevant practice requires awareness both of enabling policy and of the impact of issues such as poverty and culture on assessment and intervention. The profession of speech-language pathology has a powerful potential role in advocacy and social reform and to help develop policy, interrogate traditional models of training, and derive research that is relevant and contributes to a global debate. Key words: aphasia, health inequities, language policy, South Africa Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.Nelson Mandela (1995), Long Walk to Freedom

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2014

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“…A number of the contributions provided examples of knowledge transfer and exchange between Minority and Majority World countries, or more developed services to less developed services, as examples of strategies to meet the needs of under-served PWCD (see Cheng, 2013;Crowley et al, 2013;Goldbart & Sen, 2013; Worrall, Howe, O ' Callaghan, Hill, Rose, Wallace, et al, 2013). Contributors advocate for increased input on communication disability within the training of other disciplines (see Goldbart & Sen, 2013;Worrall et al, 2013) to build knowledge and skills in responding to PWCD.…”

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“…Contributors advocate for increased input on communication disability within the training of other disciplines (see Goldbart & Sen, 2013;Worrall et al, 2013) to build knowledge and skills in responding to PWCD. Buell (2013) adds to this theme by raising a need to assist in building grassroots capacity of PWCD to create supportive networks, advocate for services, and educate their communities to overcome attitudinal barriers experienced by PWCD.…”

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“…An appreciation of capital could assist SLPs to strategically advocate, improve service accessibility, and empower PWCD and their communities to shape services relevant to their needs. This notion of building capital is implicit in the work of Worrall et al (2013) in their international (macro) and national (meso) level work with and on behalf of people with aphasia. A focus on capital and selfdetermination might also help alleviate the concerns of Kathard and Pillay (2013, p. 86) who state " We must be vigilant that in our attempts to advocate for PWCD, professionals do not usurp their power creating a new form of dominance via so-called advocacy and empowerment " .…”

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“…Several papers in this edition have described knowledge exchange programs between SLPs and colleagues designed to empower non-SLPs to support PWCD in under-served groups (see Crowley et al, 2013;Worrall et al, 2013). Such papers illustrate evolution to the development of mid-tier workers (World Health Organization and the World Bank, 2011) in order to expand the reach of speechlanguage pathology services.…”

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The World Report on Disability as a blueprint for international, national, and local aphasia services

Cited by 17 publications

References 40 publications

Asking New Questions and Seeking New Answers

Asking New Questions and Seeking New Answers

The World Report on Disability: An impetus to reconceptualize services for people with communication disability

The Cognitive-Communication Checklist for Acquired Brain Injury: A Means of Identifying, Recording, and Tracking Communication Impairments

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