The Unserved – Addressing the needs of those with communication disorders, authored by members of the 14 Committees of the IALP, presents ideas to assist all those who work with children and adults who have difficulty in communicating or swallowing in order to improve services for unserved and underserved communities.

It offers strategies to address disorders and conditions that affect many areas of everyday life and which are exacerbated by lack of adequate health, education and social services.

You may access all of the book chapters via download using the links below or purchase the print copy of the book (ISBN 978-1-907826-59-7).

The International Association of Logopaedics and Phoniatrics (IALP), now called The International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was established in 1924. Its objective is to bring together professionals to promote research and clinical practice to support the needs of those with communication and swallowing disorders who lack health and other basic services.

Addressing Communication Disorders
 in Unserved and Underserved Populations, authored by members of the Association, celebrates 100 years of the IALP by presenting ideas to assist all those who work with children and adults who have difficulty in communicating or swallowing in order to improve services for unserved and underserved communities. It offers strategies to address disorders and conditions that affect many areas of everyday life and which are exacerbated by lack of adequate health, education and social services.

Contents are free for download:

00 Contents and Intro 01 Unserved and Underserved Populations by Levey_Enderby

02 Supporting the Communication of Unserved and Underserved from Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds by Verdon_Scharff Rethfeldt_Grech

03 Health Literacy for Multilingual and Multicultural Populations by Moonsamy_Levey

04 Autism Spectrum Disorders and Health Care Services for Underserved Populations by Petinou_Christopoulou

05 Managing Hearing Loss through the Lifespan by Yoshinaga-Itano

06 Dysarthria Management for Unserved and Underserved Populations across the Globe by Quishat_Morgan

07 Managing Post-stroke Aphasia in Underserved or Unserved Multiethnic–Multilingual Populations Centeno_Davidson

08 Supporting the Communication of Underserved Children in Viet Nam by Pham et al

09 Cleft Lip and Palate – An Overview with a Particular Emphasis on Communication Issues in Resource-Limited Regions by Subramaniyan et al

10 Speech Sound Disorders in Underserved and Unserved Populations by Grech et al

11 Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Underserved or Unserved Populations by Dada_Murray_Smith

12 Developmental Stuttering for Unserved and Underserved Populations by Law_Al-Khaledi

13 Toward Food Sovereignty and Security for People Living with Swallowing Disabilities in Globally Vulnerable Environments by Pillay

Each chapter is available as a free download on application to IALP.

The print copy of the book was published in October 2023 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of IALP.

For more information please visit https://www.jr-press.co.uk/the-unserved.html#