Team Liberator

Mel joined the Liberator team in January, 2009 as an experienced administrator with an extensive technical product background. With over 30 years’ experience in administration, customer service and product dispatch, while at Novita Children's Services Incorporated, Mel brought exceptional qualities to Liberator. She is the contact person for all product sales enquiries. Fortunately, Mel is an incredibly organised person with a relentless work ethic!

Prasad is based in Adelaide & works full-time for Liberator as the Technical Manager. He is a skilful Electronics person with 18 + years of design, manufacturing and field service experiences. He has over 10 years of experience in Assistive Technology industry, as a field service engineer. Prasad is very supportive in providing technical support over the phone and manages day to day repairs in the workshop.

Benjamin is a speech pathologist based in Melbourne. He works as an AAC speech pathology consultant for Liberator and owns a private practice where he largely supports those in need of AAC. He has spent his career supporting individuals with profound communication impairments and in recent years has spent considerable time educating speech pathologists, parents and educators about AAC intervention.

Peta is a Speech Pathologist based in Brisbane, providing face to face and remote support for Liberator. Peta enjoys supporting individuals to find their ideal communication solution, and assisting support networks to maximise their skills in AAC. Peta brings experience from supporting individuals with complex communication needs across various settings, in both Australia and the UK.

Delara is a Speech Pathologist based in Perth. She has worked extensively with children and adults with complex communication needs in various community and education settings. Delara has provided direct AAC services as well as supported other therapists to prescribe communication devices that meet the needs of the individual and their family. Most recently Delara has provided training and consultation to therapists all across Western Australia. Delara is passionate about helping individuals with disability find their voice through AAC, and training communication partners so that they have the confidence and knowledge to support AAC.

Leanna is a speech pathologist based in Sydney, working full time for Liberator. As a speech pathologist Leanna has supported people with complex communication needs, their families, teachers and therapists in Ireland, rural NSW, Sydney and Vietnam (Trinh Foundation). She is passionate about educating and supporting people to become confident & competent with AAC across all environments and activities. Leanna now focusses upon delivering Therapy Services for Liberator, along with clinical supervision & training.

Freya Allen is a Speech Pathologist based in Perth, working part time for Liberator.  Freya has worked in the disability sector in WA for over 7 years, with both adults and children with developmental disabilities.  Freya is also the younger sister of a MinSpeak user, so brings with her a long personal and professional history with complex communication, AAC and Liberator systems.  Freya has a passion for making a difference in the lives of those with complex communication needs and their families through education, inclusion and support.

Merryn is a speech pathologist based in Sydney, working full time for Liberator. She joined Liberator in 2015 as the Victorian consultant, based in Melbourne. With recent experience working in the Autism field, Merryn has gained a wide range of clinical experience through her roles in education and not-for-profit settings in QLD, NSW and VIC. Merryn strongly believes that every person has the right to spontaneous, independent communication, and she is committed to sharing this message. Heading up Liberator’s Consultant Team has allowed Merryn to ensure we provide consistent, quality support through the complex process of acquiring AAC.