Outcomes Therapy

22/08/2026

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Rainbow Speech Pathology is right - Temu NDIS on the way.

Health Minister Mark Butler said new systems for older children and adults would be running by January 2028, despite the tight turnaround time.

21/08/2026

Kates personal piece — “The NDIS was designed for people like my brother. So why are we making his life smaller?” — unpacks the real-world consequences of recent legislative changes to the NDIS, with a touch on the impact of recent SCHADS award changes too... Important reading for service providers, policymakers and advocates who want to center lived experience in decision-making. Read and share: https://wix.to/6G64bwL

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-Kate HoadThat picture is my Facebook Memory for today: a very cute photo of my brother and I as tiny humans. Seeing it flash up made me happy for a moment. And then the considerably less cute memory of what happened in Parliament this week flashed back into my mind, after a conversation with my Dad...

12/07/2026

BOOK WEEK 2026 IS COMING UP - 6 weeks to go!

At Outcomes Therapy we work with many childrens and teens in wheelchairs and/or who use adaptive seating/standers/walkers, which can sometimes make dressing up easily a bit difficult. We've worked with some very clever parents over time who have perfected their art of decorating the wheelchair as carriages for cinderella, or as Mater from Cars Movie, and also many who just simply haven't had the time (something many other parents also relate too) and jsut want to be able to buy something that will suit as easily as other families might.

We have found some super cool accessible costumes at Big W online. The designs feature:

- Costume tops with digitally printed front and back bodice including printed details like armour, belt and bandolier with a discreet accessibility opening in the fabric beneath for medical port/feeding access- this is really neat and not something that is in the mainstream costumes that might look similar!

- Pants with digital print on the front and back and a rear opening with velcro tabs allowing pants to be put on from a seated position

-Felt backed mask has an elastic strap to close and separate capes attaches at neckline with velcro tabs and has scalloped edging

They are also an officially licensed product. I'm sad there's only Wonder Woman for the girls, BUT, it's great to see these becoming more mainstream, and not costing $100++ like at other costume stores!

08/07/2026

When did someone last tell you you were doing a great job, as the parent of a disabled kiddo??

This was one of the most amazing moments to witness ✨️

And - Calla - He isn't wrong. You ARE doing a great job! It's hard, sometimes crushing in moments of despair, but the way you parent your kiddos so intuitively is seriously awe-inspiring. You're rocking it, not rocking in the corner 👌🫶💪

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CnBKPcgjq/

23/06/2026

That moment when you forget that A0 is really quite large! The posters are looking good on the wall in the OTX Exhibition Hall.

Kate is presenting her Impact Insight session this afternoon - a 5 minute quick dive into supporting connection before expectation in Paediatric Occupational Therapy.

21/06/2026

Excited to be doing some amazing learning with today before the OTX conference for the next two days.

Great start to the week over here, hope everyone's Final Week of Term 2 goes well - Remind me how we are halfway through the school year already?

03/06/2026

Oh it has been a while between NDIS rants hasn't it?!? Hating to disappoint here is my (Kate's) latest capturing of only a small snapshot of the 320+ Submissions on the NDIS Bill I highlighted the other week. My focus is on the Commonwealth Ombudsman, The Australian Human Rights Commission and the NDIS' own Reform Advisory Committee - excellent support of the messaging of everyone else in the land (except Aruma it seems 🤢)

Happy Reading (Link in comments)

24/05/2026

Hi Everyone ****** IMPORTANT ******

Have you heard about the NDIS Bill changes being pushed through Parliament at the moment? As a parent of ND kids who hbave absolutely benefited so much from individualised support, and a Sister/Carer to an older brother with Severe and Complex disability - These changes are NOT GOOD. SCARY. ABHORRENT. DISGUSTING. So many more words.

For VERY brief background - this Bill, amongst other things involves:

- Giving the Minister control to cut any and all plans as he sees fit without any reason except 'financial sustainability' (this is the guy that balances the budget for his portfolio?!?)

- To expect people to do and show proof of doing all available "treatments" BEFORE (regardless of their financial or geographical or you know human-rights based choice to say NO, to ABA, or Electroconvulsive therapy, or you know, the latest clinical trial??? Where does this actually stop?). It may also be used to control access for Children or 'new' disabilities - as it speaks to "any further treatment is unlikely to materially improve, reverse or alleviate the impairment’s impact, and the impairment is likely to persist for the person’s lifetime."

- To put maximum limits on sections of a plan across the board - no individual planning amounts based on actual need.

- To cut a disabled persons ability to get out in the community by 50% regardless of need, in October 2026.

- If they can't contact you, they will have powers to suspend or cancel your NDIS plan.

- To expect that you must keep your child's receipts for over 5 years or your own for 3+ years, despite the fact you upload these to the Portal (what the!?!)

- To have debts raised against you without human interaction.

- Expecting women to go back to fulltime caring and not participate in the workforce.

In the comments I will link to the best survey that I have seen so far that both informs participants and families of the changes that are currently being presented to parliament but also gives an organisation data to inform their submission.

The survey closes today, 24/05/2026. I'm hoping they will keep it open but I urge every single person, if you can't submit something individual to the enquiry to consider completing this - because it is having your say, and the most easy way to understand what they're actually proposing without reading 100+ pages of documentation.

Now the Inquiry -which closes Friday 29th May - REMEMBER a submission can literally be a paragraph demanding them to stop the passage of the Bill through parliament, to allow more time (or heck, any time, because none of these changes have been consulted on) for consultation with the disabled community and their informal carers.

We truly must stop this NOW, before it is Too Late.

02/05/2026

A great visual for how far and wide the cuts announced are going to go. Every one of those bricks will effect people with disability and their loved ones.

We need an NDIS for the future, but to cut the scheme for the next 4 years to below inflation, is terrifying.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1VCwQjxGoE/

It’s hard to fathom the scale of a $35 billion cut to the NDIS.

Imagine a single piece of LEGO. Let’s say that tiny piece represents $1 million.

Now imagine how many pieces make up $35 billion.

You wouldn’t just have a pile - you’d build a wall FOURTEEN METRES LONG AND ONE METRE HIGH.

Let that sink in.

There are no alternative disability supports in place. We don't know what legislation changes are planned to make it happen. We haven’t seen the full modelling underpinning this astronomical cut. But we do know this:

• Hundreds of thousands of people could lose access to the NDIS
• Thousands more will lose essential daily supports
• Everyone will face reassessment for eligibility
• Over 200,000 jobs could be impacted, including jobs held by people with disability
• No therapy practice or provider will be untouched

This is people’s lives, supports, and futures.

Want to take action? Here’s how:

If you’re a professional or provider, support grassroots advocacy by joining our low-cost event (link in comments ). You’ll learn how to show up as an ally at a critical time, hear from leading advocates such as Dr George Taleporos (GAICD, PhD) and Stevie Lang Howson and your ticket will directly support the intense campaigning and advocacy needed in the weeks ahead.

Please share this with your networks.

And follow the incredible work already underway by Every Australian Counts, Disabled People Against Cuts (Australia), AND disability-led organisations, and advocates across the country.

This moment matters.



*The visual attached is for concept illustration purposes, measurement is not exact.

30/04/2026

As an AuDHD business owner, I champion other ND business owners and entrepreneurs, and try to support where I can including by buying products and services.

This month, an amazing ND creative I know personally, Jan, who is an excellent human being as well an an awesome artist (See her work at ) released her first Neurographic Colouring Book.

Lucy received a copy as part of her team gift yesterday and described it as:
"Amazing quality, and a gorgeous mix of intricate and wonderfully flexible hand drawn images to work mindfully with"

I agree wholeheartedly

Check it out! ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜