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I received my bachelors, masters and PhD in the field of Speech- Language Pathology at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Thereafter I joined the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1978 from where I moved to Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal to work in the school context. In 1984 I was appointed at the University of Pretoria as a clinical tutor, lecturer and later as professor in Communication Pathology. In 1990 I founded the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) which is a unique graduate training and research facility in Africa. In 1995 the CAAC received the Education Africa Presidential Award from Nelson Mandela for its work in South Africa. I also received the Rolex Award for Enterprise in 1998 for the project “Communication for life”. Since then, the CAAC has received numerous national and international awards in recognition of its impact within the African continent and beyond.