Elizabeth Haberley

Liz is an Occupational Therapist with 30 years’ experience working with people of all ages who have a disability. Liz has worked in rehabilitation, intellectual disabilities and aged care settings and worked part time for 20 years for the Qld Department of Housing specialising in complex home modifications, 7 years in the NDIS world specialising … Read More

Sarah Collison

Sarah Collison is an Occupational Therapist and Director of Verve OT, leading a team of 55 Occupational Therapists across Sydney and the Blue Mountains. She specialises in assistive technology, home modifications, and complex functional assessments for NDIS participants. As the founder of Verve OT Learning, Sarah has trained thousands of Occupational Therapists nationwide to navigate … Read More

Guest Presenters

Guest presenters in the Access Institute team include a range of access professionals such as architects, building surveyors, town planners and trainers with disabilities, as well as other professionals with extensive knowledge and skills. These presenters participate in sessions to provide specific information and perspectives based on their extensive experience to support a wide variety … Read More

Lucas Wheeler

Lucas is part of the access auditing and training team. He has been involved in a range of access initiatives and presents as part of the training and professional development team. His high level technical communication skills and creativity support development of a range of training mediums. Lucas manages a variety of access projects and … Read More

Michael Wheeler

Michael is a teacher with more than 25 years’ experience working in marginalised communities. He is a qualified trainer and assessor and has consulted on a variety of teaching mediums for use in training programs relating to access. He also has extensive experience in both development and assessment of a wide range of training programs in … Read More

Ms. Joe Manton

Joe has undertaken access studies overseas and is an Accredited Access Consultant and Fellow of the Access Consultants Association (ACA). She was inaugural Convenor of the Victorian Access Consultants Network (VACN), past Vice President of ACA, a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) and an affiliate member of the Australian Institute … Read More

‘This is some of the best training I have ever done in accessibility. It not only makes you very aware but also gives you all the tools and qualification to conduct a full access audit. It has allowed myself and others in our team to provide qualified audits and advice on accessibility issues on campus.’ — Julie Harrison, Manager Access and Inclusion Division of Student Life, The Australian National University