Wafa Johal is a Speech-Language Pathologist based in Sydney, NSW, Australia. She helps people who are finding it hard to use language and communication in everyday life, including when writing and planning movements are affected.
Her work includes supporting people with dysgraphia and apraxia. Dysgraphia can make writing slow, tiring, or very frustrating, even when someone knows what they want to say. Apraxia can affect how a person plans and carries out movements, which may show up in speech and other motor tasks. These issues can also affect confidence, school or work routines, and daily tasks like taking notes, filling in forms, or following step-by-step instructions.
In many cases, sessions focus on practical strategies that fit real life. This might include breaking tasks into smaller steps, working on planning and sequencing, and finding ways to make writing and speech easier to manage. At times, the goal is to support accuracy. Other times, it’s about building speed and reducing stress so communication feels more doable.
Wafa Johal also looks at how people communicate beyond speech or writing. That can mean thinking about how a person expresses ideas, how they understand instructions, and how they cope when things feel hard. Support is often about making the path from thought to action clearer, not just “getting it right” once.
For families, carers, and other professionals involved in care, clear communication matters. Joint planning helps everyone work toward the same goals, using strategies that are easy to repeat at home or in the community. Over time, this kind of steady support can help people feel more in control, and more willing to keep practising.
If you’re looking for help in Sydney for dysgraphia or apraxia, Wafa Johal’s clinic-based approach is focused on everyday outcomes: more reliable communication, less effort for writing or speech tasks, and better tools for learning and daily living.