TheraThrive

30/10/2025

Looking for a speech pathologist? We have immediate availability at our Springwood clinic.

30/10/2025

Looking for a speech pathologist? We have limited availability at our Ormeau Hills clinic.

21/08/2025

We have just signed this. I urge you to as well. Returning to outdated low service options is not the way. I use to work under these models and I know how severely limited they are. I also know how much of that funding will be spent on building and running large scale organisations and not directly to support kids.

F I R S T - W E - B U I L D - I T

Join us by endorsing our response to Thriving Kids

On 20 August 2025, Minister Butler announced the Thriving Kids initiative, shifting children with disability, developmental delay, neurodivergence, and developmental vulnerabilities out of the NDIS into a $2 billion “foundational supports” program.

While ambitious, Reimagine along with many other advocates, peak bodies, parents, carers, and practitioners are concerned the proposal risks harm: it was not co-designed with families or practitioners, it underfunds the scale of need, and it places children into systems that are already failing.

Reimagine Australia has released our collective response: “First, We Build It” — a call to pause, co-design, and rebuild early childhood supports in ways that are inclusive, safe, and grounded in human rights and disability justice.

You can read our DRAFT Position Statement; First, We Build It here:https://reimagine.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DRAFT-First-We-Build-It.pdf

We are inviting families, practitioners, organisations, and allies to endorse this statement. Endorsements will be included in our submission to the Minister, amplifying our united call for restorative reform.

If you share our concerns and vision, please take a moment to complete this form. By endorsing the statement, you add your voice to a growing coalition calling for reform that is co-designed, inclusive, and grounded in justice. Whether you are a parent, professional, community leader, or ally — your support matters.

Add your details here, by COB Friday 22 August, 2025, to become a co-signatory: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8Hh9W6eknDT6tR7SiJ9WXaYNUn3zmYuoHyhO1-RFisitPdg/viewform

We have a short window of opportunity to make an impact, so please share this information widely amongst any networks you have across early childhood.

02/04/2025

Today is World Autism Day. Be it awareness, acceptance or celebration (why not all of the above?). I recently heard that autism is the most common diagnosis among NDIS participants. The world needs all kinds of minds and the world is a better place for having the likes of LASER BEAK MAN by TIM SHARP. He is a talented man artist who loves to share kindness. He invented a non speaking superhero, Laser Beak Man who wants to share kindness to the world. Tim and his mother Judy are amazing keynote speakers who continue to inspire so many people one talk at a time.

13/03/2025

Cassie and Kurt are in Adelaide this week for the AGOSCI conference. They presented yesterday on Literacy Skills for Adults who use AAC. It was a great opportunity to share our work with people who use other ways to communicate such as using an iPad.

05/03/2025

Stay safe everyone!