This is the third blog posted by us during Disability Pride Month – please also see others Acknowledgement – This is a personal experiences piece of writing, throughout this blog I will use the term disabled/disability by this I mean any condition that has a physical, emotional, psychological or learning impact on how a personContinue reading “17th July 2023 – @AbleOTUK #DisabilityPrideMonthBlogs What could the lived experience bring to the occupational therapy profession? – Rachel Booth-Gardiner @OT_rach #BeAnAbleOTUKAlly”
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@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 whiteContinue reading “@AbleOTUK UK Disability History Month Twitter Campaign #UKDHM #UKDHM22 #BeAnAbleOTUKAlly”
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 itContinue reading “Disability History Month Blog – Employment, disability, health and wellbeing by @GeorgiaVineOT”
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 inContinue reading “Disability History Month Blog Post by @nataliehixy #BeAnAbleOTUKally – Anyone can become disabled. Anyone, anytime.”
#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,Continue reading “#TeamCPOT takeover for #WorldCPDay 6th Oct 2022”
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 toContinue reading “AbleOTUK Campaign Blog”
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, chronicContinue reading “Guest Blog Post”
Disability Pride Month 2022
July 2022 – AbleOTUK Celebrated Disability Pride Month by challenging the profession in its Allyship’s. In 2021 Allyship was need as the word of the year by Dictionary.com Allyship (ally-ship) noun ‘the status or role of a person who advocates and actively works for the inclusion of a marginalised or politicised group in all areasContinue reading “Disability Pride Month 2022”
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Today brings Neurodiversity Celebration Week to a close – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t celebrate and respect neurodiversity at all times. After all neurodiversity describes us all and this week is to celebrate how we each contribute to society in a multitude of ways due our diverse ways of seeing, experiencing and exploring theContinue reading “Neurodiversity Celebration Week”
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