Occupational Therapy

Say the words "occupational therapist" out loud to most people, and you'll watch them picture a career counselor or a workplace injury form. It's one of the most common mix-ups in healthcare, and honestly, the name of the profession itself often leads to this misunderstanding. Here's the reframe: In occupational therapy...

“Autism” is a word that everyone has heard, but how many people understand what it means? Because it isn’t just one thing, and it looks different from one person to the next, many people find it difficult to describe.  In the past, April has been celebrated as Autism Awareness Month. However,...

We think of leisure as free time that’s purely for enjoyment. There are no goals involved. But for an Occupational Therapist (OT) like myself, leisure activities have tremendous therapeutic potential. Let me tell you why. Leisure Is An Occupation First, let’s orient ourselves. When you hear the word “occupation” - what comes...

As an occupational therapist, I have worked with acquired brain injury (ABI) survivors for almost 10 years now. I have worked with ABIs of varying types and severity and have learned much about gaps in ABI knowledge and support from the public’s perspective. For ABI survivors and their families, learning...

My son Cooper is five years old. He is a beautiful, amazing, hilarious bundle of joy. Everything changed for me the moment he was born. There’s nothing else like holding your child for the first time. Nothing else like the feeling that he needed his mom and me more than...

George was only four years old when he was struck by a car. The resulting injuries were severe. Casting and bracing kept him immobile and in need of constant care. He suffered memory loss, and his speech became impaired. His parents were devastated. When George came to us, we knew Cody...

Nora’s life was completely changed by the car accident. For a busy mom with two teenage daughters, what used to be a regular day became an exhausting one. She was frustrated by her lack of mobility and suffered from post-traumatic stress episodes that would trigger flashbacks to the accident. Before she...