My name is Suzanne Bradley, and I am a mum, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, neighbour, and occupational therapist.

For over 25 years, I’ve worked alongside families—walking with them as they love, nurture, and advocate for their children with developmental differences. Through all those years, one truth has stayed with me: the way we talk to families matters.

I’ve long struggled with a service model that centres around deficits—where the first and sometimes only question is, “What’s wrong?” What gets lost in that frame is the profound, embodied knowledge that parents hold. We are the ones who know our child’s rhythms, their sparks, their struggles, and their joys.

Yes, there are times when we need support—when challenges feel heavy or isolating. But support should never start with what’s missing. It should begin with a question: What do you want your family’s life to look like? And from there: How can we walk together to make that vision real?

Lead Together is my invitation into that different way. A way where families lead, and services follow. Where you decide what to take, what to leave, and what feels right in your bones. Where you are not measured, but met—with dignity, with trust, and with the space to grow in your own way, in your own time.

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