governance

Heidi La Paglia Reid (she/her) is a proud Autistic, queer and disabled consultant and advocate living in Muwinina Country, in Lutriwita, Hobart, Tasmania. Heidi has over a decade of experience working in professional and voluntary roles in the disability and women's rights sector as well as extensive personal experience navigating chronic health conditions and disability. After becoming a mother in 2022 and finding juggling employment, disability and parenting inaccessible, Heidi set up her consulting business.

In her consultancy, Heidi specialises in gender equity, disability rights and neuro-inclusion and is passionate about transforming organisations, political movements and spaces to ensure are are safe for and accessible to communities who experience intersectional marginalisation .

Heidi offers services in a range of areas such as research, report writing, project management, facilitation, public speaking, neurodiversity training and more.