23: What Happened to “Within”?

What does it actually mean to “work within the system”? Megan traces the history of member voice and decision-making within ASHA, from Richard Adler’s 1990 address to the Legislative Council to the governance changes that eventually eliminated it. Along the way, she asks what happens when a profession gets better at questioning authority without necessarily building better ways to disagree, deliberate, and act together. What would it take to build a profession that can hear disagreement without needing to eliminate it?Sources:Moore, M. (2007). Step by Step, ASHA Begins Governance Change.ASHA Archives: Early ConventionsMalone, R. (1999). The first 75 years: An oral history of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.Connect:Contact Megan: therapyinsights.com/insideslpPACT Survey: pactsurvey.com