Nazma Sheikh

Founder & Medical Director · Speech-Language Therapist

Nazma founded Starwalkers to build the clinic she wished existed for neurodivergent children: one where scripts are treated as language, sensory needs are respected and every child is presumed competent. She is the first certified Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) trained therapist for Gestalt Language Development in Asia.

She specialises in supporting gestalt language processors, detailed AAC assessment and device trials, and apraxia and dyspraxia support, with a strong focus on sensory and emotional regulation as the foundation of communication. Through her webinars and courses on neurodiversity-affirming practice she has trained and guided more than 1,000 professionals and families worldwide. At the clinic she sets the clinical direction and works directly with families alongside the team she mentors.

Runjhun Joshi

Senior Occupational Therapist

Runjhun is a Senior Occupational Therapist with over 19 years of clinical and rehabilitation experience across India, Singapore and Dubai. She is certified in Ayres Sensory Integration® through CLASI (the Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration) — the gold-standard training in sensory integration — and has supported children and adolescents with autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, learning differences, developmental delays and sensory processing differences.

Her advanced training spans bimanual therapy, assistive technology (RESNA Assistive Technology Fundamentals), seating and positioning, hand function, pre-writing and handwriting, daily living skills, visual-perceptual skills and sensory processing. Families know her for making hard-won skills feel like play.

Shadha Shebin

Speech-Language Pathologist

Shadha is a speech-language pathologist whose practice is neurodiversity-affirming from the ground up. Her specialised training spans Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Natural Language Acquisition for gestalt language processors, speech and language delay and autism support, along with COSMI training in paediatric feeding and swallowing and dedicated coursework in apraxia, dyslexia and the management of articulation disorders.

At the heart of her practice is a simple belief: every child deserves a space where they can communicate in ways that feel meaningful and natural to them. She is committed to creating exactly that.

Fathimath Nasreen

Paediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

Nasreen is a paediatric speech-language pathologist committed to compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming and child-led care. She focuses on early intervention, gestalt language processing, AAC and comprehensive speech and language assessment, with clinical experience across speech sound disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, phonological difficulties, fluency and voice.

Trained in OPT Levels 1 and 2, AAC, COSMI and PROMPT, she also provides parent counselling and family-centred support — practical strategies families can use well beyond the therapy room, honouring each child’s strengths, communication style and autonomy.

Mizha Fathima

Speech-Language Pathologist (MSc Speech)

Mizha is a dedicated paediatric speech-language pathologist with an MSc in Speech, focused on functional communication and child-centred intervention. She is trained in AAC and Gestalt Language Processing, and completed the NLA Professional Competence Training Program by Marge Blanc, AVAZ AAC Professional Training, the CAS Practitioner Course for childhood apraxia of speech and OPT Level 1.

She builds individualised plans with families and the wider team, and is known for empowering caregivers with training and support that carries therapy into everyday life.