Emma Gee

15/10/2026

Feeling grateful that, although I’m too unwell to attend the National Stroke Awards in person, I can still watch from my bed and celebrate the incredible efforts of so many people impacted by stroke. 💛

Recognising the achievements and contributions of stroke survivors, carers and those working to improve stroke care is so validating and empowering.

As someone whose own stroke journey continues to shape my life and work, it’s wonderful to see the efforts of so many in our stroke community acknowledged and celebrated.

Congratulations to all the nominees and award recipients! Stroke Foundation

14/10/2026

As a patient, you’re often so engrossed in your own recovery that you don’t always get the chance to acknowledge the phenomenal efforts of those around you.

Although surgery meant I couldn’t attend Allied Health Day in person, I’m grateful I could still record a message to say thank you and congratulate the team Northern Health Northern Health

02/10/2026

I’m thrilled to have co-authored Chapter 34: Occupational Therapy Process and Assistive Technology in Occupational Therapy in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: 3rd Edition -Professional and Practice Issues. What I loved most about this opportunity was being able to bring my lived experience as an OT and assistive technology user into the chapter — alongside an amazing group of people whose expertise added so much depth and value to the conversation. Throughout the chapter, I was able to weave in my own experience, sharing examples of the assistive products I use &, importantly, the process my therapists and I have worked through together to achieve good AT outcomes that are connected to my goals, needs and life.Because good assistive technology isn’t simply about finding the “right product”. It’s about understanding the person, what matters to them, what they want to do, and collaborating to find solutions that genuinely fit.

I’m incredibly grateful to have contributed to this chapter and to see lived experience represented within OT education in such a meaningful way.

A big thank you to everyone involved in bringing this chapter together.

25/09/2026

Grrrr

Travellers with disabilities will be forced to walk almost 20 times further when Melbourne Airport abolishes kerbside pick-up and drop-off next month.

16/09/2026

Read my Blog about my recent experience filming for an upcoming symposium about the importance of the voices of people with lived experience when in ALL partnerships in being truly person-centred. Read it here @ https://emma-gee.com/when-partnership-meets-production-the-reality-of-sharing-lived-experience/

10/09/2026

Read Emma's latest blog about her approach to grit https://emma-gee.com/grit-values-and-the-courage-to-let-go/

08/09/2026

A bit of advice from Em during a live Q & A session with Occupational Therapy students-
“You will leave university with knowledge, clinical skills and evidence-based practice. But please don't leave your curiosity behind. You will never know more about what it is like to live in someone else's body, life and circumstances than they do. Your job isn't to become the expert on the person. Your job is to become an expert at working WITH them.”

08/09/2026

Read my latest blog with some of my answers to the OT students questions here @ https://emma-gee.com/q-a-session-with-occupational-therapy-students/

07/09/2026

I’m incredibly excited to share a new publication that I’m proud to have co-authored:

“Clinicians’ experiences and perspectives on robot-assisted lower limb and gait neurorehabilitation in Western Australia.”

Having spent more than two decades navigating rehabilitation & learning to walk, move and participate in life again - I know firsthand how important it is that rehabilitation keeps evolving.

Technology such as robot-assisted rehabilitation has incredible potential, but the technology itself is only part of the story. How clinicians experience it, how it fits into practice, and ultimately how it helps people achieve the things that matter to them are all critical.

I’m passionate about bringing lived experience, clinical expertise and research together so that innovation doesn’t just mean new technology, it means better outcomes and better experiences for the people who use it.

So proud to be part of this work and to continue contributing to research from both a professional and lived experience perspective.

Read the publication here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2026.2726999

01/09/2026

Today I had the absolute pleasure of lecturing 4th year Occupational Therapy students Deakin University about the HUGE role of lived experience in delivering truly person-centred care.
I love sharing my lived experience of receiving OT alongside my professional experience as an OT, because I hope it gives students another perspective on what it actually feels like to be on the receiving end of healthcare.

But one of my favourite parts came AFTER the lecture…

The students had the opportunity to pose questions about the content, challenge ideas, and practise their clinical reasoning by thinking through real-life situations from the perspective of both the clinician AND the person receiving care. And their questions were fantastic! It’s such an important space to move beyond “What would the textbook say?”and instead ask: What matters to this person?
What might this feel like from their perspective?
What are we missing?
And how can we work WITH them, rather than simply doing things FOR them? These are the conversations that help shape thoughtful, curious and genuinely person-centred clinicians.What a privilege to be part of their learning journey. Deakin University