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Dr Bronwyn Hemsley is a speech pathologist specialising in the field of augmentative and alternative communication and healthcare communication. She is currently undertaking postdoctoral research funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and is a senior lecturer in the discipline of speech pathology at the University of Newcastle. Bronwyn is also the Australian representative to the Council of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC). Correspondence to: Dr Bronwyn Hemsley Senior Lecturer Faculty of Education and the Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science The University of Newcastle

University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia email: Bronwyn.hemsley@newcastle.edu.au

This article was originally published as: Hemsley, B. (2012). Ethical issues in augmentative and alternative communication. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology , 14 (2), 88–92.

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