Speech pathologist and OT demand soars with waitlists blowing out, job ads going unanswered

Yasmin Aman's daughter Jud had to wait almost a year and a half to get an appointment. (ABC Radio Melbourne: Matilda Marozzi)

The number of speech pathologists and occupational therapists (OTs) in Australia has grown by thousands in recent years. However, they are still unable to keep up with growing demand from the NDIS, industry sources say.