Barbara Bush.

Barbara Bush, former first lady and mother of the generally received president, will give the keynote address at the ASHA Convention in recently made known Orleans. She will speak to participants at the general session upon Thursday, Nov. 15.

"During the time her husband was president, Barbara Bush demonstrated her commitment to literacy unfolding and intervention. Her work had an impact upon both speech-language pathology and audiology," says Brian Shulman, speech-language pathology co-chair of the 2001 Convention.

"Her commitment to literacy raised public awareness and expanded the

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