Kate Thomson, B.SP, CPSP

Kate is a go-getter who established the first SpeechEase clinic in Townsville, Australia, two days a week while still working full-time in her government job. She saw a huge need for speech therapy services in Mackay when the NDIS started and began providing services there on the weekends until there was enough demand to open a second clinic. Kate is the Branch Chair for the Queensland Branch of Speech Pathology Australia and regularly provides supervision and mentorship to early career and senior Speech Pathologists. As a speechie, Kate loved helping unlock clients’ communication abilities using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), so they could show the world who they are and what they know.