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Autism: Taking Off the Mask
Understanding and Supporting People with Autism who Mask to fit in. For many people with autism, masking becomes a daily habit. But this...
19 hours ago4 min read


Keep Talking, Keep Connecting: Helping People with Parkinson’s Preserve Their Voice
How Speech Therapy can help your voice stay strong with Parkinson’s Disease. Losing your voice doesn’t mean losing your connection to the...
3 days ago4 min read


Bookworms in the Making: How to Spark a Love of Reading in Children
There’s something magical about snuggling up with a child and opening a book. Whether it’s the rustle of pages, the colourful pictures,...
Aug 144 min read


The Surprising Choking Hazard Lurking in Your Sandwich
For most people, bread is a simple, comforting staple of daily life – soft, familiar, and seemingly harmless. But for individuals with...
May 214 min read


Neurodiversity: Supporting Diverse Minds
Diversity of human brains is what make each person unique. Neurodiversity is a term that celebrates the neurological differences amongst...
Mar 177 min read


A Spoonful of Sugar Won’t Help the Medicine Go Down
A guide to safe medication intake for Older Australians with Dysphagia. Have you ever had trouble swallowing multiple vitamins, tablets,...
Mar 25 min read


The Power of Shared Reading
Reflecting on importance of reading as Speech Pathology Australia releases the 2024 Book of the Year Awards. Each year, Speech Pathology...
Nov 4, 20245 min read


Watermelon: A juicy dilemma for those with dysphagia
Watermelon is a snack that many turn to when summer is around the corner. They’re juicy, sweet and refreshing…what’s not to love? For...
Oct 8, 20243 min read


Dementia and Speech Pathology is more than Dysphagia
This Dementia Action Week, our Speech Pathology team are highlighting how they can help people with Dementia for more than dysphagia....
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Your questions answered by a Speechie
During Speech Pathology Week, we held a webinar inviting people to submit questions to our Speechies regarding all things Speech and...
Aug 30, 20249 min read


Communicate Your Way with AAC
When someone says “communication,” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Talking, speaking, listening? Although these might be...
Aug 26, 20244 min read


A Deep Dive into Stroke Recovery with a Speech Pathologist
Stroke is a serious health concern in Australia, affecting a substantial portion of the population. The latest figures from the Stroke...
Aug 5, 20245 min read


Ice Cream, an unsuspecting choking risk
As the temperature drops and frosty mornings begin, on comes the heaters, hot foods and drinks, and nights rugged up in blankets....
Jul 15, 20245 min read


How Speech Pathologists can support you with your mealtimes
A lot of us look forward to eating food and enjoying our mealtimes every single day. For some, eating food is more than just fuelling the...
Jul 9, 20244 min read


Supporting Swallowing and Communication for People with Huntington’s Disease
Huntington’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that causes nerve cells in parts of the brain to die. It is estimated...
May 22, 20245 min read


How to best communicate with someone with Dementia
Dementia can affect how individuals both express themselves and understand the information that is communicated to them. This may result...
May 1, 20243 min read


How to Help Early Language Development
Did you know that one of the best ways to support early language development is by talking to your child during normal routines? We will...
Mar 18, 20241 min read


Dysphagia: To Thicken or not to Thicken
Thickened fluids play a key role in the management of swallowing difficulties, clinically known as dysphagia, but are they the best...
Mar 13, 20244 min read


A message from our Managing Director, Nicole Buettel
We are already halfway through February 2024! What a journey we had in 2023. Still coming out of the COVID fog, we have called 2023 the...
Feb 15, 20244 min read


Supporting children with their language development in childcare
Language development not only affects how a child will communicate, but will also support various areas of a child’s development, such as...
Jan 29, 20244 min read
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