Halos Inclusive Services

23/04/2026

This is Pete. Pete is a beach man at heart and loves to surf when the temperatures just right. He has a talented background of wood artistry and has been kind enough to show me some incredible pieces he’s made back in the day. Pete also lives with schizophrenia and chronic fatigue. Together we’ve been working on maintaining his personal care including keeping him tidy and well groomed which has significantly supported his confidence and dignity. This has been a barrier for many years prior to support. It’s been an absolute privilege working along side Pete and watching his confidence grow. 💕

07/04/2026

This is Anna,
Anna is a super fun and bubbly young lady who loves to game, but even more so has a creative flare when creating the characters she pays with. Anna also has Autism with sensory deficits and pots. A condition that includes dizziness, fatigue, heart palpitations when standing, and can also cause fainting. These two conditions combined make it difficult for Anna to manage her beautiful long hair on her own.

Anna’s hair is a big part of who she is, and so it’s important to her that she learns the skills necessary to maintain her Lucious locks. This includes brushing, washing and breaking down the sensory barriers that go with it.

Matting can become an issue when sensory overwhelm takes over.

Together we work through the process of de-matting with careful consideration of Anna’s window of tolerance. This can look like short breaks inbetween, distraction methods such as gaming, and having her mum sit with her for additional support.

We then move to hair washing. We talk about the importance of healthy scalps that come from having healthy hair hygiene habits and the process of hair washing that gets us there.

With using the portable basin, Anna is able to feel confident and safe if feeling dizzy due to pots. And when sensory overwhelm is too much and the shower is not an option at the time, the basin is a fabulous tool to support her to still be able to look after her hair.

29/03/2026

This is Riley! Riley loves all things space, stars, and the universe and is an absolute magician with numbers!! He’s equal parts sass and wit hanging out in an old soul and shines the brightest of colours. He is such a delight and will always make everyone who’s lucky enough to know him smile! Riley also has cerebral palsy, autism and global developmental delay, which also comes with a significant sensory processing disorder.

We have been working together for a few years now with our main focus being on breaking his sensory barriers around hair cutting.

Riley has worked incredibly hard to come as far as he has. In the beginning, Riley’s window of tolerance was so small that even running a comb through his hair, he would become so distressed and we would rely heavily on Mum and Dad for distraction methods and support.

We would change up sensory input, use water play outside using the first and then method e.g “first 3 snips, then more water play”. We would use the sensory brush on his arms and hands and then ask Riley to brush his hair with it. There was alot of avoidance in the beginning.

Riley would become quite distressed if any hair were to fall onto his skin, so Mum would blow the hair away with the hair dryer whilst we managed a few more snips.

Riley has an amazing Meta cat which sometimes will hang out on his lap to enable him to feel safe whilst working on his hair.

The sensory toy box these days is more his favorite along with countdowns for trickier parts of his hair cut, e.g around his ears. He loves numbers, so countdowns work well when he’s needing a sensory break.

We also desensitize before using the clippers. Using the non cutting end of the clippers, we run them up and down his scalp before counting him in before we start.

Chewing gum has been another sensory input change that has supported Riley when he starts to feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

Being at home and in his own environment, not only does Riley feel safe, but he also has access to the shower as soon as we are finished cutting. This allows him to regulate immediately when sensory overwhelm kicks in.

I also move with Riley. Although he stays seated in the chair, Riley still needs the sensory input of movement at times which means i don’t force him to sit still.

What things look like now:

Riley’s window of tolerance has increased significantly! This has allowed longer count down times (so more snips are achieved). Riley has enough trust in me to not have to rely on Mum and Dad for every little snip. I can now send Mum and Dad into another room whilst supporting Riley through his hair cut, which in turn has increased his independence with this aspect of his self care. We no longer need the hair dryer to blow away hair, and Riley has found his confidence inbetween small breaks to keep going until we’re finished.

I couldn’t be more proud of him 💕

27/03/2026

Hello friends and followers..
it’s time to get back into posting and sharing some amazing success stories.

The legislation may look different, but my service is still very much the same. It’s the way it’s funded that looks different. Please feel free to PM me for more information moving forward.

Building capacity is what Halos is all about, along with supporting positive experiences and maintaining human dignity. Whether that’s one wash, one brush, or one snip at a time, Halos is here to support you in achieving these goals.

Thankyou for standing with me throughout the new changes, Halos is incredibly blessed to have each and every one of you. 💕🌻

26/03/2026

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18/10/2025

Hello friends and followers,
My apologies for the length of time between posts.

Halos has been busy in supporting my clients with building their capacity in personal care with their hair hygiene.

We have been breaking barriers one brush, one snip and one wash at a time with our primary focus being the support needed to achieve basic hair care needs.

Supporting such a diverse range of disabilities often means that a tailored approach to each individual is imperative to a successful and positive outcome.

Working within a clients capacity to build their capacity builds trust and relationships. This helps me to meet my clients where they are at and enables me to tailor a plan specific to them to achieve this goal.

This takes careful consideration and understanding of the clients needs.

It’s not about the hair cut, the hair wash, the hairbrush, it’s about the support needed to achieve their personal care and independence which also supports their dignity. Everyone deserves to look great and feel great. 💕

22/02/2025

Everyone deserves human dignity, self care, and to feel good about themselves. It’s been a great start to the year supporting my amazing clients to achieve their goals in maintaining their personal care to look and feel great! Dignity and self care is a human NEED that when fulfilled can change one’s entire feeling about themselves in the most powerful and beautiful way. 💕

14/10/2024

Hi guys,
keeping in line with the new legislation, my page will look a little different moving forward. For more information please don’t hesitate to PM me.

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09/08/2024

This, plus so much more!! 💕

🌟 NDIS In and Out Lists - "Hair therapy, hair and beauty services including nail salons"
📋 The government has made new draft lists and they want your feedback.
📚 These lists show what you can and cannot buy with NDIS money.
⚠️ This is a big potential change.
🔗 You can read more about these lists in the comment below.
📝 I will write about different things on these lists this week.
🧐 I will tell you why I think some things should not be "OUT."
⌚ Here's a story about why Hairdressers should Be "IN"
✍️ Share Your Story - Please tell your hair or beauty salon or barber story in the comments, because we don't think it should be on that "OUT" list for everybody!

👩🏾 Imagine Aisha, a married woman in her 30's who has a physical disability and cannot raise her hands above her shoulders.
👩‍🦼 Aisha goes in her electric wheelchair to her local hairdressing salon every Tuesday and Friday. In her tilt recline wheelchair she is able to tilt back to the special hair washing basin at the hairdresser, where the apprentice, washes and blow-dries her hair. This costs $20, twice a week (a total of $2,100/year).
Aisha is well known at the hairdresser’s as she such a regular, and after going there for some time, she ends up out for a coffee with the salon staff at the end of their workday. As the staff talk about their poor bookkeeping skills, Aisha, who was working as an office manager before her accident, offers to help out. Aisha ends up working half a day a week, straight after her morning hair appointment on Tuesdays, earning a small income, but also making deep friendships in her local community, keeping busy and rebuilding her career, something she sorely missed when she stopped working in an office.

🚫 And here is Aisha's story without being allowed to use her funds at the local hairdresser.
Aisha does not want her husband to wash her hair in the shower. He’s no good at it, and when she’s menstruating, it’s culturally unacceptable for her to have him in the bathroom, helping. He’s also a shift worker, so the timing hardly ever works.
She hires a support worker to come in twice a week, with a minimum 2 hour shift, which costs $268/week, a total of around $14,000/year. Aisha does not want other support work done at home as her husband is happy to do the housework and she looks after the cooking. She doesn't need help with shopping, but she likes to use the online shopping delivery service, rather than go with a worker. She rarely uses a support worker in her home.
🚿 She is deeply uncomfortable with having a worker see her naked in the shower (she was once assaulted as a teen by a worker), but there is no way around this, so she often cancels the shift (which she still has to pay for) and she also cancels her visit to her study group (and coffee chat afterwards) at her place of worship, as she doesn’t feel presentable or clean enough to meet her cultural and religious needs.
The worker is also often sick or unreliable, and sometimes the company sends a male worker, so she culturally can’t use him for any personal care, and so he does a bit of other work in their home, and she sends him home early.

pic desc:: a woman in a wheelchair leaning back in her wheelchair to a sink in a salon while someone washes her hair. ai generated and while not perfect is a million times better than the first shot, which I will put in the comments for your amusement...

09/08/2024

Hi guys,
I have a cancellation in the Adelaide hills for 3:30 Saturday and a cancellation for 10am Sunday depending on location.
🚗 💇‍♀️💇‍♂️

13/07/2024

This is my beautiful friend Allie. Allie experiences severe sensory discomfort associated with ASD when washing her hair. It becomes a traumatic experience for her attempting this task knowing how it’s going to impact her sensory input. Together using my portable basin, and having regular appointments we are able to achieve a wash and blow wave (or curls as Allie prefers).. This regime has dramatically improved her tolerance to water touching her scalp and touch when washing her hair… 💕

12/07/2024

12:30 has just been filled 💕