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    Questions of suitability: The Sustainable Development Goals.
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-02-16) Pillay M; Quigan E; Kathard H
    PURPOSE: To stimulate critical thought, to challenge how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in supporting people with swallowing/communication disabilities, using a critical, political conscientisation approach. RESULT: We generate data from our professional and personal experiences interpreted through a decolonial lens to demonstrate how Eurocentric attitudes and practices are at the core of SLPs' knowledge base. We highlight risks associated with SLPs' uncritical use of human rights, the bases of the SDGs. CONCLUSION: While SDGs are useful, SLPs should take the first steps of becoming politically conscientised to consider whiteness, to ensure that deimperialisation and decolonisation are tightly woven into our sustainable development work. This commentary paper focusses on the SDGs a whole.
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    Stitching a new garment: Considering the future of the speech–language therapy profession globally
    (AOSIS, 2022-11-21) Staley B; Fernandes M; Hickey E; Barrett H; Wylie K; Marshall J; Pillay M; Kathard H; Sowden R; Rochus D; Westby CE; Roman TR; Hartley SD
    Providing equitable support for people experiencing communication disability (CD) globally is a historical and contemporary challenge for the speech–language therapy profession. A group of speech–language therapists (SLTs) with ongoing and sustained experiences in Majority and Minority World contexts participated in five virtual meetings in 2021. The aim of these meetings was to develop provocative statements that might spur a global discussion among individuals and organisations that support people experiencing CD. The following questions were discussed: What is our vision for the future of the profession globally? What are the global challenges around access to speech–language therapy services? Four main themes emerged: (1) the need to centre people experiencing CD as the focal point of services, (2) participation, (3) equity and (4) community. The themes relate to the need for a process of de-imperialism in the profession. Suggestions were made to develop more suitable terminology and to establish a global framework that promotes more equitable access to communication services. We seek the adoption of approaches that focus on reciprocal global engagement for capacity strengthening. Alternative models of culturally sustaining and equitable service delivery are needed to create impact for people experiencing CD, and their families worldwide. Contribution: Provocative statements were developed to prompt global conversations among speech–language therapy professionals and associations. We encourage readers to consider the questions posed, share their viewpoints and initiate positive change towards a global strategy.