HistoryThe National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing uses the acronym NBASLH which is pronounced “in bahz la” or /nbazle/. History of NBASLHIn December, 1977, an Ad Hoc Committee on association development was established. The committee was composed of a number of Black Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists from different parts of the country. The Committee's first formal meeting was held at Howard University in Washington D.C., on January 26, 1978. Their mission was to discuss:
The Association was incorporated in Washington D.C., June 30, 1978. The committee wanted to The first official meeting of the Board of Directors and Executive Staff of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH) was held April 14-15, 1978 at the University of the District of Columbia. It is important to note that the concept of a National organization for Black speech-language pathologists and audiologists was a new one. For several years prior to the incorporation of NBASLH, a number of people had spoken favorably of the need to establish such an organization. Indeed, it was attuned to the movement of other Black professionals such as physicians, dentists, lawyers, psychologists, social workers, accountants, and educators who had established organizations that focused primarily upon interests and concerns of Black professionals and students-in-training. * Please note the term Black originally used in 1979 continues to be used by this organization to refer primarily to the populations in America having African ancestry.
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