Last night Professor Julie Marshall and I met to consider the 67 submissions to the special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology addressing “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and people who experience communication and/or swallowing disability” We had an overwhelming response to our call for EOIs with many more submitted than we had imagined. The scope of work being undertaken across the world to support people who experience communication and/or swallowing disability is outstanding. We spent many hours deliberating about how to meet the page limits of the special issue. In the end we prioritised papers that met the following guidelines from our call for papers:
“Expressions of interest are sought from authors across the world in a variety of disciplines. Commentaries are encouraged from people who live and work in Majority World countries (including low and middle-income countries and small island states) and people who have lived experience of communication and / or swallowing disability. The aim is to cover EVERY SDG – so be creative.”
We are contacting authors regarding their outcomes today and tomorrow.
