Chameleon Therapy and Consulting

23/09/2026

At Chameleon we are proud to walk alongside our families living with Childhood Dementia. Please consider supporting today's fundraising campaign, which will provide vital funds towards improved diagnostic and disease management pathways, alongside professional education and family support services.

We Can't Wait.

Today is Childhood Dementia Day. Donate today and have twice the impact - all donations are DOUBLED.

Over the last month you've heard about Angelina, Caleb, Eddie, Hannah, Noah, Thomas and Toby. Some are living with childhood dementia today. Some have died. Every one of them is why we're saying it plainly: We Can't Wait.

We can't wait for early diagnosis of the 145+ conditions that cause childhood dementia. We can't wait for more research into this group of conditions. We can't wait for treatments and improved survivorship. We can't wait for children and families to have the right supports around them every step of the way.

Your donations will help drive these changes forward.

Today, every donation is doubled, dollar for dollar, up to $150,000, thanks to the Hooper Shaw Foundation.

Donate now and play a part in changing the future for childhood dementia and the 2 Australian babies born every week with one of these conditions. We Can't Wait.

www.childhooddementia.org/wecantwait

18/12/2025

18/12/2025

Our final newsletter for 2025 is here, just in time for our annual shutdown over the Christmas/New Year period.

Please note, we will be closed from the 19th of December through to the 7th of January.

Wishing you all a safe and happy break with your loved ones, thank you for your support in what was a challenging year,

16/09/2025

Today is Childhood Dementia Day: a day when we make childhood dementia impossible to ignore.
Childhood dementia may be more common than you realise. It’s caused by over 140 genetic conditions that damage the brain and nervous system.
One in every 2,900 babies is born with a childhood dementia condition. Half will die before the age of 10, most won’t live to adulthood.
There’s been so little attention, research or action directed to these kids, families struggle to get their kids the health care and support they need and there’s been no improvement in survival. Ever.
It’s time for change. Awareness is the first step to making childhood dementia a health priority. Please share this post to help raise awareness.

25/06/2025

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. The cuts are coming in less than a week- it's not too late to make your voice heard to protect our precious NDIS

21/06/2025

This is a common story for mobile services like Chameleon and our other mobile friends.

No travel means no therapy for many families in metro, regional and remote areas.

Please add your voice to the campaign to stop the NDIS cuts.

I work with a child who currently eats two foods. That’s right, only two.

How do I now tell this family who has experienced medical trauma and family violence that I can no longer see them in their home to deliver their dietetic and feeding therapy support? How can I tell them that they can no longer access a life sustaining support in the place that affords them safety, comfort and a feeling of regulation. How do I tell them that I cannot deliver best practice by providing therapy in their natural environment.

They don’t have car, nor could they afford the time and transport costs to visit a clinic. And given their traumatic history, they don’t feel safe out in the community and have difficulty being in medical environments.

It has taken almost a year for me to complete all aspects of my assessment with them as I needed to build a trusting and safe relationship. Not just rapport but a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship. For them to feel comfortable enough with me to unmask, to allow me into their world so that I can understand their reasons for approaching food and eating in the way that they do.

I didn’t set up a mobile business so that I could get paid to travel to people in their homes. I did it because the people I work with experience challenges and layers of complexity many of us could not imagine. I did it because it is the best way to support clients to feel safe, comfortable, valued and actually achieve the changes that benefit their lives the most.

The cuts to the NDIA will isolate our most vulnerable. They will put people at risk of harm. They will reduce the developmental potential of children. They will cost lives.

We know that the government has a job to do with reforming the NDIS, so that it meets the individual needs of participants, alongside being a fiscally responsible scheme for all Australians.
But let’s pause these reforms that will guarantee that NDIS participants lose their essential services.

We have solutions NDIA. Hear us. Pause the reforms. Co-design with us and the people who have the lived experience.

19/06/2025

Another petition you may like to sign regarding the impact of the NDIS funding cuts.

The NDIS have released the Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, which start on the 1st July 2025.

The biggest change for families is that the NDIS has cut the travel price for allied health therapists to half the therapy rate. There is also a limit on how much travel time therapists can claim.

As a result, many therapists are now working out if they can continue to offer therapy at home, kindergartens, or schools.

The best thing to do is to contact your children’s therapists to ask if they will still travel to you.

🔹Have your say🔹

ACD is very concerned about this change. It is best practice for children to see therapists at home, kinder, school and other community settings. We know for many children and families it is not possible to get to clinic-based services.

We are raising our concerns with the NDIS. You can help.

Let us know what it will mean for your child and family if your child's therapist can’t travel to see you.

Please complete this short survey: Survey has now closed, thank you to the hundreds of families who completed the survey. Read our comment below for what we heard.

18/06/2025

The campaign to stop the NDIS funding cuts now has a website! Check it out to find our more https://www.itsnowornever.com.au/

We will soon be in touch with our clients to outline what will stay the same, and what will need to change, in how we work.

Your voice matters, make it heard.

Join the campaign against the 1 July 2025 NDIS price changes. Learn how funding cuts impact people with disability, watch the webinar, and sign up to stay updated as we fight for fair and accessible support. It’s now or never.

16/06/2025

Back at work and the action continues.

PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION. More signatures = more support, more stories = more evidence.

Stay tuned for more ways to get involved.

The NDIS is too valuable to be thrown around as a cost cutting exercise.

Stand Up for Disability Support: Stop the NDIS Cuts