Conference Speakers

Sarah Foley is a paediatric physiotherapist with a career focusing on neurodisability. In 2003 she co-founded the Kids Plus Foundation a not-for-profit community-based provider of services for [...]

My name is Noah and I am an AAC user. One of my greatest passions is the excitement of discovering new technology and the incredible impact it has in dramatically improving the quality of my [...]

Danielle has worked in neuropaediatrics as an Occupational Therapist across a range of age groups and settings in the UK and New Zealand. She currently holds the Central Region Expert Visiting [...]

Associate Professor Angela Dew is a sociologist with 40 years’ experience in the Australian disability sector. Before entering academia, Angela managed a large community-based diagnostic, [...]

Thomas Banks is the Managing Director at Centre for Access. Thomas grew up in Geelong, but now he’s based in inner city Melbourne. He lives with mild Cerebral Palsy, but he lives a big life [...]

Robyn Heesh is an Occupational Therapist with 20 years clinical experience working with children with disabilities and their families in community, school, early intervention, hospital and [...]

Kelly Reynolds is a Senior Physiotherapist with over 20 years’ experience working within the field of neuro-paediatrics across a range of ages and settings, including early intervention services, [...]

Christine Imms is the Apex Australia Foundation Chair of Neurodevelopment and Disability at the University of Melbourne. This role is a collaborative initiative of the Department of Paediatrics [...]

Presentation | We speak PODD…the journey of a family using Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) In this presentation we explore the journey of Kylie’s son Lachie starting and [...]