Spectrum News: Speech therapist shortage impacting some New York agencies

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Helping people find ways to communicate is pretty much the job description for speech therapists.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, this career is expected to grow 19% from 2022 to 2032, which is much faster than average.

They're services vital to people like Becky, who's struggled with finding a voice for 32 years.

“Becky has been special since she was born,” explained Tim Terrana, Becky’s dad.

It’s been something Becky’s struggled with for 32 years.

Because of a rare gene mutation, Becky deals with a lot of developmental delays. A year and a half ago, after her dad insisted she be retested to see if speech therapy could help. They found it could, and recently, the communication has been flowing a bit easier.

“Within a month, she was starting to get good with the buttons and then we just progressed a little bit at a time,” said Terrana.

It’s the impact speech therapy can make.

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