Speak Out April 2018

Sarah and Nicole had fun delivering 109 cupcakes around the Cabrini – Malvern campus for Swallowing Awareness Day.

La Trobe modified morning tea

Swallowing Awareness Day took La Trobe University by storm during a Modified Morning Tea where all was not as it seemed. SPA student representatives, alongside the Speech Pathology Association of La Trobe, organised this morning tea to create awareness about dysphagia and to experience for one hour what it would feel like to not have the freedom to eat and drink what you wanted. There were tables of delicious cakes and

pies, but not all students were allowed to eat these. Surprisingly, not many students were keen to add a thickening agent to their tea or coffee... La Trobe's Modified Morning Tea brought together students from across all four years of speech pathology to enhance the understanding of dysphagia and to create awareness, compassion and empathy for those who are on a modified diet.

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April 2018 www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

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