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Susan Balandin holds the Inaugural Chair in Disability and Inclusion at Deakin University. She learned from and worked with Joan for almost 20 years. Joan was a mentor, colleague and dear friend and her partnership with Deakin University was highly valued. Bronwyn Hemsley is the inaugural Professor of Speech Pathology and Head of Discipline at the University of Technology Sydney. Bronwyn first met Joan in 2000 when she first came to Australia, and has enjoyed learning from her ever since, with recent collaborations and co-supervision in dysphagia, oral health, and choking research. Like so many early career researchers, Bronwyn greatly enjoyed and benefited from Joan’s inspirational work, her generous mentorship, and warm friendship. Hilda Pressman is a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and is a regular member of the Dysphagia Research Society. Joan was Hilda’s mentor since 1980. While Joan was consulting to Teacher’s College Columbia University New York, she and Hilda collaborated to create a formal dysphagia program at United Hospitals in Newark, New Jersey. Joan and Hilda wrote several chapters in the book that Joan co-edited remembered most. She was a great teacher, a lot of fun and also very brave, not letting her illness get in the way of her work which she continued until the very end. She taught us a great deal, not only about dysphagia, but also For those of us who knew her best, it was her unfailing kindness, enthusiasm for life, and true humility and unflagging efforts to continue improving the assessment and treatment of dysphagia for which Joan will be

entitled Dysphagia and the Child with Developmental Disabilities. In 1999, Hilda and Joan formed their partnership, Nutritional Management Associates, and consulted to schools and to residential facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities and dysphagia. Georgia Malandraki is an associate professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. Georgia had the honor to start working with Joan at Teachers College, Columbia University, and was inspired to partially shift her primary research focus from adult dysphagia to children with cerebral palsy and developmental disability, largely because of Joan’s contagious love, passion, and dedication to this group. In the short time the two worked together, they co-mentored more than 20 graduate students, published extensively, co-taught courses, and most importantly formed a deep, heartfelt, and everlasting bond of friendship. about acceptance and optimism. She was a wonderful clinician and an inspiration to those of us working in the field of disability. Her death has left a big gap and we will miss her greatly. 1 Nutritional Management Associates. (2018). Justine Joan Sheppard honors, awards, and publications. Available at http:// www.nutritionalmanagement.org/joan.html

Correspondence to: Bronwyn Hemsley Bronwyn.Hemsley@uts.edu.au

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