John Costello, MA , is the director of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Augmentative Communication Program . Costello has been a speech-language pathologist specializing in the area of Augmentative and Alternative Communication at Boston Children’s Hospital for 30 years. He

Deanna Wagner, MS/CCC-SLP , is a speech-language pathologist with over 20 years experience providing consultations and training in the area of assistive technology with an emphasis on augmentative communication. She works with educators and families to achieve goals in the

Cathy has been working as a physiotherapist specialising in cerebral palsy for over 10 years, and from 2012 as a researcher at the Research Institute of Cerebral Palsy Alliance. In 2016, Cathy was awarded her PhD from The University of Notre Dame Australia. Cathy’s current

Areas of expertise Commentary: Paediatric neurology; Neurogenetics. Supervision: Neurology; Neurogenetics; Cerebral palsy. Neurogenetics In Australia, a child is born with Cerebral Palsy every 18 hours. As a physician and the Head of Paediatric Neurology at Monash Medical

Rachel Byrne is the Executive Director at the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. She has been working in the field of pediatric rehabilitation and cerebral palsy research for the past 12 years. Rachel has a background in physical therapy, with a particular interest in

Dr. Iona Novak has a background in occupational therapy with research expertise in conducting clinical trials and research registries. Dr. Novak is a Professor and Head of Research at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance , Brain Mind Centre, The University of Sydney Australia. Dr.

Dr Spittle is a Physiotherapist and Post-Doctoral Researcher who leads the motor team of the Victorian Infant Brain Studies group. She is a current recipient of a National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship, a Chief Investigator on two NHMRC