South African audiologist & speech therapist. CLINICAL INTERESTS: dysphagia & chemical ototoxicity. RESEARCH: Professional transformation, critical practice

New Zealand, South Africa
Joined June 2011
Fabulous to see so many authors of these important papers! @HPaC_MMU @comm_ntherapy
Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals #SDG ⁦@UNHumanRights⁩ ⁦@GlobalGoalsUN ⁦@SDG2030⁩ Launched @SpeechPathAus⁩ #SPAConf ⁦ FREE SPECIAL ISSUE @IJSLP tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals #SDG ⁦@UNHumanRights⁩ ⁦@GlobalGoalsUN ⁦@SDG2030⁩ Launched @SpeechPathAus⁩ #SPAConf ⁦ FREE SPECIAL ISSUE @IJSLP tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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A day in the field at government house to become a Member of the Order of NZ for services to Māori , education and health. Thanks to all those who have been part of this collective body of work. Lets #endracism and #honourTeTiriti
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The inaugural issue of the Journal of Critical Study of Communication and Disability is here! 🎉 (Repost with alt-text) Editorial Introduction doi.org/10.48516/jcscd_2023v… Full Issue doi.org/10.48516/jcscd_2023v… @ReemDakwar @HyterPh @MCP718 @jmhenner @drbnewturner @mershen1 @BookBarnes
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Mershen Pillay retweeted
Whenever we consider cultural competence, or we think about engaging in different environments, even those of us who've grown up in certain cultures, there's still much for us to learn.–SLP Chisomo Selemani @GallaudetU @BaldwinWallace @mershen1 #ASHAVoices on.asha.org/3BVaPMy
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Cutting the cake @DecolonizeGh @NZSTAComms for Māori Health in NZ. Funny demo of a serious issue re: resource allocation at the Race and Speech and language therapy symposium @Massey University
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Mershen Pillay retweeted
I do not believe in 1 right answer, or 1 way we must adopt. Moving forward I believe in multiple ways that we can have a metamorphosis. Join @mershen1 and I for some Thought Experiments
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💥Announcing the Journal of Critical Study of Communication & Disability @JournalofCSCD, a new peer-reviewed open access journal for critical scholarship on the pathologization of communicators and communication. Submit for inaugural issue by August 1! criticalstudycommunicationdi…
Nurses, doctors, health workers, and other supporters of the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital have held a protest today against planned job cuts. Head of General Surgery at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Prof Martin Smith weighs in. Watch: bit.ly/3pQo6Qn
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collaborative, research-oriented, and community-engaged (...) powerful in shaping perceptions: Mentoring Underrepresented Students in Speech-Language Pathology: Effects of Didactic Training, Leadership Development, and Research Engagement pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.10… @NidhiMahendra
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Health care is a basic human right! #Bara
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