Hot topics and happenings in social innovation

Author

Florian ParzhuberFollow

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-2017

Abstract

WALK THE TALK Do you take your ability to speak, sing or swallow for granted? For individuals with speech impediments, simple actions like taking a sip of tea or saying hello can be diffi cult, or even impossible. However, speech therapy can help strengthen the muscles responsible for making sounds and swallowing, and equips affected persons with strategies to improve verbal communication, and to make eating and drinking safer. To combat Cambodia’s lack of speech therapy and therapists, Australia-born Weh Yeoh founded OIC Cambodia, a charity dedicated to making speech therapy available to the local people. Himself a professionally trained physiotherapist, he and his team plan to ensure that 100 local speech therapists are employed by the Cambodian government by 2030.

Discipline

Civic and Community Engagement | Community-Based Research | Social Psychology and Interaction

Publication

Social Space

ISSN/ISBN

1793-7809

Publisher/Conference

Lien Centre

Copyright Owner and License

Lien Centre for Social Innovation

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Citation

Parzhuber, Florian. Hot topics and happenings in social innovation. (2017). Social Space. 4-6.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/150

Additional URL

https://socialspacemag.org/magazines/