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Innovation in speech-language pathology research and writing: Transdisciplinary theoretical and ethical perspectives
1Discipline of Speech Pathology, Rural Department of Allied Health, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia, and.
Abstract:
In this paper, we offer three paths for the development of innovation in speech-language pathology (SLP), which enhance the discipline's capacity to address issues of diversity, inclusion and cultural responsiveness: transdisciplinary theoretical research, researcher reflexivity, and changes in ethical standards. First, we engage in a reflective conversation to identify facilitators and barriers to innovation we have encountered as academics who speak and write from personal and professional positionings that move between the privileged and the marginalised. Second, we present the results of a critical discourse analysis of the 2020 revisions to Speech Pathology Australia's Code of Ethics and characterise recent changes in the field's expanding understanding of ethical research and clinical practices. Third, we discuss how speech-language pathologists might reconsider their modes of engagement with clients and research populations in our shared area of specialisation-transgender voice. Together, these insights can support speech-language pathologists in further developing a contemporary, self-reflective, culturally humble and responsive professional culture.
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