I am passionate about OT and its underlying philosophy. I really enjoyed the majority of my work within statutory services; however I became increasingly frustrated and felt stagnant in my roles.

For a long time I'd been curious as to whether working independently as an Occupational Therapist could work for me. I was self employed for some time before I trained as an OT so had already had some experience of the book keeping side of things.

To earn more money, and as my career took me into acute inpatient work, I wanted to keep my community, rehab, adaptation type work up to date.

The British Association Of Occupational Therapists states that Occupational Therapists work with people of all ages, helping them to carry out the activities that they need or want to do in order to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

This month MDC Trailblazers published their latest report entitled, Short Changed, which reveals the findings of a recent investigation into access to high streets.

What Can An Independent OT Service Do For Me? Independent OT Services.

Diary of an apprentice private practice OT

At Inclusion we’re always looking for experienced Occupational Therapists. We offer a variety of work options from one off pieces of work through to ongoing contract work…

I had my last blue badge clinic today, which was set in a remote assessment centre, so isolating me from the blue badge team.

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) addressed the obstacles which many disabled people experience in everyday life: in employment; access to goods and services; transport; and education.

Recently, I was lucky enough to visit the Eurogamer Video Game and Technology Expo. This was purely for entertainment (and to keep a geeky husband quiet) however, as usual, I had a whinge about the heights of the surfaces, the distance a wheelchair user would have to travel to find an accessible entrance and so on.

Diary of an “Intern” Private OT

Occupational Therapists assist clients in performing activities of all types, ranging from using a computer to caring for daily needs such as dressing, cooking, and eating.

We’ve recently had a lot of dental practices/dental surgeries contacting us about disability access audits and what they are so we thought we should give a little more information specifically around how a disability access audit could help your dental surgery

If it becomes difficult for someone to get up and down stairs, they have limited options to chose from to overcome the problem: living downstairs, moving to a bungalow or ground floor flat or installing a domestic lift such as a stairlift or through floor lift.