I have just received this welcome news that I will receive the IALP Honoured Member Award from the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP https://ialp-org.com/) – the international association of professionals and scientists in communication, voice, speech language pathology, audiology and swallowing.
IALP fosters professional knowledge and exchange of science and services across 55 affiliated societies in 35 countries around the world. The affiliated societies of the IALP are in North and South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe and represent more than 300,000 members. IALP is a Non-State Actor in Official Relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) https://ialp-org.com/who/.
Over the past 100 years (since 1924 when IALP began) there have only been 22 honoured members and none from Australia or New Zealand (https://ialp-org.com/individual-members/)
- Prof. Harm Schutte
- Rev. Sr Marie Montfort de Supple
- Prof. Dr Nasser Kotby
- Prof. Dolores Battle
- Prof. Ewa Sonderpalm
- Prof. Tanya Gallagher
- Prof. Gary Weismer
- Prof. Frantisek Sram
- Prof. Kyoko Iitaka
- Prof. Helen Grech
- Prof. Dr Katherine G. Butler
- Prof. Bjorn Fritzell
- Prof. P. Helbert Damste
- Dr. Andre Muller
- Prof. Ikuichiro Hiroto
- Dr. Walter Eltsner
- Prof. Dr. Herman F.M Peters
- Dr. Henry C. Jr Jason
- Dr. Britta Hammarberg
- Prof. Lilly Cheng
- Prof. Pamela Enderby
- Dr. Fernanda Dreux
The Award will be presented in Malta in August.