Meet our Allied Health Clinicians

Senior Allied Health Assistant - Maryborough Region  

Lindy is originally from Melbourne and moved up to Maryborough in 2012. She has extensive experience with disability, child safety and vulnerable clients in a variety of communities including the homeless, child safety, supported independent living and detained services. As well as raising a large and loving family Lindy has attained competent qualifications and experience as a teacher aide and proficient AUSLAN user. As well as being an expert in play development with certification,  she is a qualified AAC and Pecs qualified clinician and has worked in the past in Fraser Coast Education to support teachers develop and implement intensive behaviour management and learning programs for students who have disengaged in education, in fact this is how our Clinical Director Tracee and Lindy first met, as they ran this program together for a year, however Lindy had many years experience prior. Lindy has a creative mind and an enthusiastic energy that shines every day of her life. Lindy’s positive attitude, caring and passion is outstanding, yet she always lets her client's lead their health journey. 

Speech Pathologist, Counsellor, Guidance Officer & Educator - Clinical Director

Tracee is from Ireland and moved to Australia in 2007 with her young child who has ASD as well as other medical conditions. She began her professional career in nursing whilst in Ireland and to this day agrees this gives her a broad knowledge of medical pathology. After 5 years in nursing Tracee retrained as a Speech Pathologist due to her passion for the diversity and challenges people encounter with communication difficulties. Tracee has specialised as a disability professional and advocate for most of her 20 year career in speech pathology, and completed her registered training as a teacher in Australia in 2016 due to her interest and desire to encompass a functional projectory of service delivery to her paediatric caseload. Tracee was diagnosed with a progressive physical disability in 2017 and has walked the journey of disability support services herself as well as with her son over the years.

Tracee appreciates the psychological challenges of living with or being a carer of a person with a  disability and completed her Masters of Guidance and Counselling in 2023 

Tracee’s professional qualifications and experience has been invaluable for families and communities. She has supported more than 1000 families through the journey from pre-diagnosis into functional life, worked across many diverse and culturally challenged communities and has continuously supported new clinicians and teachers as a volunteer, to build the future workforce of services to the disability network. Tracee is currently engaged in policy at a national government level, hoping to leave a legacy of positive inclusion, accessibility and recognised differentiation in government mandates for future generations.