Megan Akermanis Speech Pathology

26/11/2025

Albury/Wodonga Auslaners, please consider and share within your network

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We’re looking for a passionate Education Assistant to join our team and support deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Trinity.

In this role, you’ll model high-quality Auslan, strengthen communication in the classroom, and help students grow in confidence, independence and language skills. Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will assist teachers of the deaf, contribute to classroom learning programs, and provide targeted support where communication or language needs arise.

You will also help create a safe, nurturing environment that promotes wellbeing, connection, and a positive sense of identity for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

If you’re committed to making a meaningful impact in the lives of young people, we’d love to hear from you.
Head to our website for more info - www.trinityac.nsw.edu.au/about/working-at-trinity/current-opportunities

06/11/2025

This happens far too often. So many excuses and not enough action

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-05/western-sydney-hospital-admits-errors-deaf-man-death/105969074?fbclid=IwdGRleAN40olleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEemglXnGr3tIvxIYEXiH-6JBUmL_GY39lfVPFTOr-w5wzpYsZaXcAf60Gbu1E_aem_AoK121gbUP9MCSLCAU5uMA

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Bruce Drabsch's daughter Melinda Dagger, who was travelling to hospital to be with her ailing father, was phoned by a doctor and asked to inform her mother her husband of more than six decades had died, because no Auslan interpreter was provided.

23/01/2024

We have moved!!!! New clinic location is 4/146 Racecourse Road, Ascot. We are tucked in behind the fabulous Blue Moon Ascot Real Estate headed up by Jason Dean Akermanis. The clinic is still under contstruction but we should be ready in a week or two. Can’t wait to get in there!!

27/10/2022

Books are wonderful for language development.

We are very excited to announce the winners in four the age-related categories in the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards for 2022.

Congratulations to all the winning authors and illustrators. And a big thank you to the publishers who support these important awards, which are now in the nineteenth year.

This year 340 books were nominated for our awards, up from the 248 nominated in 2021!

https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/whats_on/Book_of_the_Year/SPAweb/What_s_On/Book_of_the_Year/Book_of_the_Year.aspx?hkey=6d7d21b1-0cd6-4b86-91e3-11884f031a02 #2022

27/12/2021

This quote is so powerful. There really is no reason for medical professionals to prioritize the hope of one particular language over the need for language accessibility.

Full citation: Hecht, J. L. (2020). Responsibility in the current epidemic of language deprivation (1990-present). Maternal and Child Health Journal, 24(11), 1319-1322.

Image description: "In the past, language deprivation in deaf children was primarily caused by the late age of diagnosis, which was on average 2.5 years. Today, however, it’s commonly due to a medical model that “prioritizes hope for the eventual acquisition of spoken language over the immediate need for exposure to accessible language” (Hecht, 2020, p. 3).

28/06/2021

Hi everyone, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Megan Akermanis and I am a Speech Language Pathologist. My parents are Deaf so I am also a Coda. For the past 17 years I have worked with deaf and hard of hearing children and adults. I live in Brisbane but my clients are all over Australia.

My working experience consists of:
- Mater cochlear implant clinic, Brisbane
- Expression Australia, Melbourne
- Aurora Early Intervention, Melbourne
- Interact Health Group, Albury
Now that I am back in Brisbane, I work in my own practice.

I love language, both Auslan and English. I love working with my clients to help them achieve their goals.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you!!