Rainbow Speech Pathology

07/01/2026

Looking forward to meeting on Thursday with leaders in the Early Intervention and Disability community about the Thriving Kids report! Thanks for publishing that 274 page report right before Christmas government 🤬🤦‍♀️

Reading through it now and there’s some really mind blowing recommendations in there. Strong focus on saving $$$ and not what is actually best practice for the children of Australia with developmental delays.

More feedback coming when I have had time to read and process it all.

See you on Thursday team!

04/01/2026

Good news story to start the year! Great work Variety - the Children's Charity of Queensland

22/12/2025

Santa’s watching naughty people. You know who you are. Merry Christmas 🤶 🎅

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bf8KzYw4Y/?mibextid=wwXIfr

19/12/2025

Disability rights are human rights 💪Communication is a human right 🗣️
We need to protect human rights 🪬

17/12/2025

Need a paed? Dr Megan Yap has appointments available early next year!

**New PAEDIATRIC patient appointments available!**

Hello everyone,

It seems we have been overly cautious with opening up my private practice books due to the big influx when I first started, so much so (together with a few clinic location changes this year and opening up an extra day in the last couple of months) that I have new appointments available as soon as next month!!!

Books online have been now just opened up until June 2026 for kids aged 0-16 years that need a paediatrician!! And please feel free to tell your friends and colleagues ❤️

I am now at the Kooky Kids Clinic at Springwood (Brisbane, Queensland) on Tuesdays and Fridays (Dr Megan Yap: General as well as developmental and behavioural paediatrician )

107 Springwood Road, Springwood 4127
Phone: 3133 8018 (and speak to the clinic’s awesome admin staff) OR book yourself online via the Cub Care portal 🙂

https://cubcare.com.au/in-person-clinic

17/12/2025

Here’s a visual story that may help some families with young children struggling to explain and understand the mass shooting in Bondi on Sunday. Thank you ANPA for this simple visual that explains really profound concepts.

I have struggled this week with seeing the constant violent content and pictures of victims including the youngest victim 10 year old Matilda 🥺🐝🐬.

I have found it helpful to:
Turn off the radio 📻 in the car and listen to Spotify
Turn off news 📰 and watch Christmas movies with my kids
Stay off my phone 📱 by swimming, weeding, baking and other activities that you need 2 hands 🙌 and to be present.
We all process grief and trauma in our own ways- remember to eat, drink water and be there for your kids. I know I’ve been hugging mine extra close these past few days. Look after each other everyone. Sending love and healing ❤️‍🩹

15/12/2025

For those of us who have no words but have little people with big questions. Here are some helpful words and strategies. Sending so much love and healing to all those impacted by this horrific hate crime ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
Cuddling my little ones close tonight.

14/12/2025

Hello followers and trolls. 🧌 I know you are waiting for my follow up video as promised…believe me I have so many drafts and ideas. Albo, Mark, Jenny- you’re all on my hit list. I wish I could make a video calling out the govt every time they do something harmful or wasteful- but it’s too often at the moment and I don’t have that much time!

The editing also just takes me a while and I want to get the subtitles to work, make it accessible etc. is anyone good at CapCut? Send help!

A few people have asked- why don’t you sign every word? Because I’m not fluent in Auslan . I have completed Key Word Sign (KWS) training and in KWS you talk, sign, use gestures and visuals to communicate a message in a multimodal manner. I’m going to try and incorporate more visual symbols in future videos.

But while you wait…Here’s a bit more of the intro that explains why the last one was dedicated to who is my federal MP. For Lilley where I live now. I grew up here!

I am calling her out in particular because while I was shutting down RSP, making 6 people redundant, telling 130 families to find other services- she was flitting around Australia and the world spending up tax payer $$$ on holidays, taxis etc. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t get a meeting? Then when I did come to her at her mobile office she waited for everyone to leave the cafe and told me very rudely- “If you can’t answer your phone or check your voicemails that’s on you!” But you also missed those very important emails from Optus so….maybe people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

14/12/2025

Some good news! What a fanatic initiative. So many people with an intellectual disability want to study and work. But there’s so many barriers. Thank you Flinders uni for doing this.

Flinders University has launched Australia’s first Diploma of Employment Pathways specifically for people with intellectual disability, combining tailored university study, career planning, and work placement to create real pathways into meaningful employment. This inclusive one-year program begins in 2026 and builds on decades of research and community engagement.

ID: A man with short hair, a beard, and glasses stands with his arms crossed against a plain grey background. Overlaid text announces that Flinders University has launched an Australian-first diploma for people with intellectual disability https://buff.ly/KYUAatt

13/12/2025

Thank you NeuroWild for this super helpful infographic guide for the holidays. I know it is super relevant to myself and my little wildlings.

12/12/2025

This little guy Tenshii is very special to RSP and he has a Christmas wish! 🎄🎅

He needs a wheelchair accessible vehicle! 🚗

Tenshii is 8 years old and has a medical condition called Lissencephaly. He is unable to stand or walk, and uses a wheelchair full-time.

Up until now, Tenshii’s family have transferred him into a specialised car seat and loaded his wheelchair into the back of the family sedan for all transport. As he gets bigger (now over 25kg), these transfers have become unsafe for both him and his caregivers.

If we can purchase a vehicle suitable for conversion that is a) less than 5 years old, and b) has less than 80, 000 km on the odometer, then NDIS will pay for the modifications to transport Tenshii’s wheelchair. They will not fund the vehicle itself though. Booooo

Please help! Every donation- no matter the size makes a huge difference to Tenshii and his family! Link to the Go fund me page is in the comments!