ADVANTAGE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY:
Steveston's Award-Winning SLPs Story by Sarah Gordon
Photos by Sandra Steier
Shari Linde is living her dream as the founder, owner, and director of Advantage SpeechLanguage Pathology. While she was in high school, Shari was curious about what career would be her best match; she took an aptitude test and discovered speech-language pathology was number one on the list. She headed off to the University of Western Ontario where she received her M.Sc., and the rest is history.
pathologist since 1994. Shari specializes in the communication difficulties of adults and children who have neurological damage, developmental delays or disorders, psychiatric conditions, or autism. She also has extensive experience addressing swallowing impairments. Shari is on the Registry of Autism Service Providers in B.C., with designations as a speechlanguage pathologist and behaviour consultant.
She has been working as a speech-language
Shari’s expertise in the field has also been recognized by her peers – she is currently the Chair of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada. In addition, she is a clinical assistant professor at UBC.
Advantage SLP was awarded Small Business of the Year by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce in 2019. 26
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