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Rebecca McNeil is a Lecturer and Unit Convenor within the Master of Speech and Language Pathology Program at Macquarie University. She is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist with clinical experience across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Her work emphasizes diversity-affirming approaches and self-autonomy for individuals living with disability, focusing on empowering them to lead self-determined lives.
- Clinical Experience: Includes diagnostic assessment, disability services across the lifespan, and collaboration with First Nations communities in Central Australia.
- Research Focus: Disability reform, neurodiversity (particularly autism), community-centred practice, identity formation, equitable healthcare access, and neuro-inclusive classroom design.
- Teaching Awards: Recognized with the 2024 FMHHS Education Excellence Awards (team member) and the 2025 Rising Star and People's Choice Teaching Awards.
Key Research Output: Her 2023 publication in Aphasiology explores verbosity patterns in conversations involving individuals with traumatic brain injury, contributing to understanding communication disorders and cognitive impairments.
Expertise Areas: Neurodiversity affirming practice, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of speech pathology, neuroscience, and social equity.
