Associate lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
Harmony is a speech pathologist with longstanding experience in the field of disability, communication disability, and dysphagia. She has extensive industry experience as a senior clinician in the NSW Department of Ageing Disability and Home Care, and most recently an Associate Lecturer of Speech Pathology at The University of Sydney. Harmony is now pursuing higher degree research at the Graduate School of Health, exploring the accessibility of written health information for people with communication disability. She has a strong person-centred and rights-based approach to her work, which also recognises the important overlap between ‘disability’ and ‘health’.
We can all help to improve communication for people with disabilities
Aug 28, 2018 12:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Around 5% of the population, or 1.2 million Australians have a communication disability. Communication disability can arise if a person has a health condition affecting their speech, language, listening, understanding,...
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