About Pati King-DeBaun, M.S. CCC-SLP is a certified speech language pathologist who has specialized in communication and early literacy instruction for children with severe and multiple disabilities for the past 30 years. Pati speaks and cons- ults in a variety of classrooms

Dr. Caroline Musselwhite is an assistive technology specialist with more than 35 years of experience working with children and adolescents with significant disabilities in a variety of settings. Dr. Musselwhite has written a number of textbooks and “how-to” books on a range

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 works

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