Vuledzani Ndanganeni is a speech-language pathologist and audiologist with 15 years of experience, including in South Africa’s public sector; at a school for children with special educational needs and developmental disabilities; and in an adult neuro rehabilitation center, dealing with patients with spinal cord injuries and acquired and congenital neurological problems.
Vuledzani is completing her PhD at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC), where she also earned BA Honours and Master’s degrees.
Vuledzani’s research interests are early childhood intervention and AAC; cultural, linguistic, and contextually relevant interventions; community-based rehabilitation for persons living with disabilities and severe communication disorders in low-resourced contexts; and dysphagia in children and adults. She is passionate about transformation and managing diversity as well decolonization in the speech-language and audiology professions.
