@AbleOTUK #DisabilityPrideMonthBlogs – We are hosting #OTalk on Tuesday 11th July 2023 – Spotting and Challenging Ableism #BeAnAbleOTUKAlly
July is Disability Pride Month and it is nearly two years since the AbleOTUK affinity group popped into existence. Today’s #OTalk is being hosted by the group on how to spot and challenge ableism and continue to #BeAnAbleOTUKAlly Do check out our previous chats here: 18th August 2020 https://otalk.co.uk/2020/08/11/otalk-18th-august-2020-occupational-therapy-and-ableism/ 26th July 2022 These introduce the…
@AbleOTUK #DisabilityPrideMonthBlogs – Disability Rights Isn’t Just a Trend #BeAnAbleOTUKAlly
Every Monday thought out July on of AbleOTUK will post a blog. Monday 3rd July Happy Disability Pride Month! Disability Pride Month is pretty special to us here at AbleOTUK because as well as celebrating all the disabled joy we get to celebrate AbleOTUK’s birthday! Two whole years since we launched, can you believe it?…
@AbleOTUK UK Disability History Month Twitter Campaign #UKDHM #UKDHM22 #BeAnAbleOTUKAlly
Every day during UK disability history month AbleOTUK tweeted resources and information to celebrate, we also join up with @Makedaisychains on Instagram, below is s summary of what we shared. AbleOTUK changed our logo thought out the month Alt text – Image of AbleOTUK logo for Disability History Month Purple background, in the center a white…
Disability History Month Blog – Employment, disability, health and wellbeing by @GeorgiaVineOT
Georgia Vine, Occupational Therapist and Founding Member of AbleOTUK shares her experiences of employment, disability, health and wellbeing. I’m Georgia, I’m a disabled occupational therapist who has cerebral palsy. I was so excited to qualify in 2021 and couldn’t wait to enter the working world of occupational therapy. Yet, this wasn’t as easy as it…
Disability History Month Blog Post by @nataliehixy #BeAnAbleOTUKally – Anyone can become disabled. Anyone, anytime.
In December 2008 I was planning my dream wedding for that July, only 7 months away. I was working full time in a job I wasn’t totally happy in, but it paid the bills. I was not expecting to be about to become permanently disabled and lose my job. I had been experiencing pain in…
UK Disability History month – a month in which the struggles of disabled people are remembered, and victories celebrated. 16th November – 16th December 2022
Written by Rachel Booth-Gardiner. One of the founding members of AbleOTUK Rachel Booth-Gardner explains what disability history month is and why we should celebrate it. It has taken me a long time to feel comfortable with my identity, but I would describe myself as an occupational therapist who is neurodivergent, born with Cerebral Palsy (right…
#TeamCPOT takeover for #WorldCPDay 6th Oct 2022
Georgia and Rachel are both some of the founding members of AbleOTUK, last year in October the hosted a twitter campaign to explain ways they do occupations differently because of the impact of their cerebral palsy. This year they have sought out other occupational therapists with lived experiences of cerebral palsy, from around the world,…
AbleOTUK Campaign Blog
Deaf awareness month September 2022 September was International #DeafAwarenessMonth, witch included International Week of Deaf People from 19-25 September and World Deaf Day on 27 September. Throughout the month @SusanGriffiths5 one of AbleOTUK founders shared her lived experiences on our social media platforms. Here is what she created and shared. We would love you to…
Guest Blog Post
A love letter to OT twitter – The journey to finding a supportive community. Alex an Msc (pre-reg) Student Occupational Therapist Twitter, some people love it, and others hate it. But for me twitter has been a lifeline! Hi, I’m Alex an Msc (pre-reg) Student Occupational Therapist with lived experiences of Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Autism, chronic…
Language and Discrimination by Natalie Hicks (@nataliehixy)
Natalie Hicks 3rd Year Occupational Therapy Student (BSc Hons) at the University of Central Lancashire and one of Able OTUK founding members – shares her thoughts in this blog post, please comment and share. Throughout the years language has been used to control and divide people, as a way to scapegoat the ‘other’. The people would…
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