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The Documentary: The travelling speech therapist

The travelling speech therapist

07/02/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The travelling speech therapist

Travelling speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks and Caicos islands

Travelling speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks and Caicos islands.

When speech disorders affect children, it is speech therapists who assist in helping them find their voice, but therapists are rare and it is thought they are largely absent across 75% of the world.

Sean Allsop grew up needing speech therapy in the UK. He travels to Turks & Caicos, a place that has no therapists to help its population. He takes the trip with a travelling speech therapist, Mary Weinder who has been asked by the Turks & Caicos Government for help.

Sean meets the children receiving speech therapy as well as their parents and reflects on his own experiences and the difference it made to his life.

(Photo: Mary Weinder teaches children in Turks and Caicos. Credit: Sean Allsop)

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