Based in Northcote, Victoria, Karlee Sangster is a Specialist PBS practitioner and access consultant with extensive clinical leadership experience. Holding the title of Specialist, the highest qualification in Australia for NDIS-registered practitioners, they are deeply committed to upholding the rights of people with disabilities through the social model of disability. Karlee enjoys working with multidisciplinary care teams to develop evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions. Their clinical focus centers on reducing and fading restrictive practices while building client capacity and confidence. They work creatively, aren't afraid to ask hard questions, and fiercely advocate for their clients' rights.

Karlee’s primary area of specialisation is sexual health and behaviours. They have undertaken extensive professional development and training in this field, and have subsequently gone on to train other practitioners in this space. This clinical expertise is supported by seven years of hands-on educational experience as a Classroom Teacher and Respectful Relationships Co-coordinator at a local Special School. In these roles, Karlee applied trauma-informed frameworks to manage complex behaviours and delivered vital sexual health, puberty, and relationships education for people with intellectual disabilities.

Operating as an independent Disability Access and Inclusion Consultant since 2019, Karlee champions a co-design approach to accessibility. They have spearheaded major initiatives across Melbourne, including:

National Gallery of Victoria (NGV): Designing a first-of-its-kind series of disability-focused teaching resources and curriculum-aligned lesson plans.

Drummond Street Services: Collaborating on the Co-Design Committee to create accessible support materials for submissions to the Disability Royal Commission.

No Lights No Lycra: Facilitating disability-specific staff training and advising on program accessibility for VicHealth-funded initiatives.

Karlee’s professional practice is deeply informed by their intersectional lived experience as a queer, Autistic, and hard-of-hearing person, alongside their perspective as a parent to a neurodiverse child. Combining clinical rigour with genuine lived-experience advocacy, Karlee works tirelessly to build spaces, systems, and teams where everyone belongs.

Karlee is accepting new referrals subject to availability and clinical fit.