This! June 2024

https://pieceoplastic.com/2024/06/30/this-june-2024/

As an #occupationaltherapist, I work with people who are in precarious life stages and people who are vulnerable to bad actors.

As an #assistivetechnology specialist, I work with many young Discord enthusiasts who are of color, queer, have disabilities, and are navigating these identities in their online lives. They use Discord to find each other, relate, and have fun.

This is an inexcusable breach on Discord's part. Kiwifarms exists to harm these people. Full stop.

https://www.404media.co/spy-site-selling-discord-messages-linked-to-kiwi-farms/

Press release:
"A Better Understanding of #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome Could Benefit #LongCOVID Patients"

https://workjournal.org/news-blog/better-understanding-myalgic-encephalomyelitischronic-fatigue-syndrome-could-benefit-long

On the special edition of the journal WORK on #MEcfs & #postcovid

With quotes from Amy Mooney, an occupational therapist

@longcovid @mecfs #OT #OTalk #OccupationalTherapist #CFS #PwME #MyalgicE #CFSME #PwLC #PostCovidSyndrome #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #longhaulers

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Note to all professionals....

Autistic self-identification/ self-'diagnosis'.....

**is valid**

Not everyone has access or resources to be formally assessed.

Not all those who want to formally assessed are safe to do so.

Not all professionals who do assess for autism, are fully aware, up-to-date with their knowledge on what autism IS and IS NOT.

Not all professionals practice in a neuro-affirmative way, thereby perpetuating the dangerous deficit-based language and attitudes around autism.

If someone thinks they are or might be Autistic, and comes to you for support around this.....

Please validate them, don't dismiss them and explore their reasons why.... Chances are they've done a lot of research into this, resonate strongly with what they've found....and so very likely to be Autistic.

We professionals can do so much to support self-identified Autistic people to just as we can with officially identified Autistic people.
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#Autistic #Autism #OccupationalTherapist #OccupationalTherapy @occtherapy #AHP #Healthcare #SocialCare #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #SLT #Neoroaffirmative #SayNoToABA

I'm making a list of all the occupational therapists I'm finding here, so we can all find each other.

This absolutely includes students, retired, not-currently-practicing, support workers, assistants...)

Feel free to add yourself if you're not on the list, or reply to add someone you know (if they want to be added) - just reply to this thread and then it will hopefully keep it together for others to see and join.

Also, please let me know if you want me to take you off the list each time I add a new person, and I will as I don't want to overload you all if you don't want it!

So, the list so far:
@geekyOT @RebeccaTwinley
@Susanmadigan @LucasLoblack
@LelanieB @SueT2O
@nyla @austinclaffey @dr_luke_robinson
@MarkCommoner
@sianlewis

#OccupationalTherapist
#OccupationalTherapy
@occtherapy

Little introduction about me....

I'm an #OccupationalTherapist passionately advocating for #HumanRights & connecting humans

Fiercely #NeuroAffirmative

Actively updating health & social care professionals' views on different #neurotypes

Changing how professionals treat us neurodivergent folk

Helping people move away from #neuroconformity

#Neurodivergency is a difference in neurotype:

**Not** a disorder
**Not** a condition
**Not** something to be 'fixed' ot 'treated'

#ActuallyADHD, #Neurodivergent. She/her

Slowly moving over here from https://twitter.com/OT_Expert
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#ADHD #AHP

Hi Everyone- #introduction post

I'm Janet an #OccupationalTherapist working in the #NENCICS as an #AHPFaculty Integration Lead.

Interested in #AHPs #HealthandCare #HealthEquity #PopulationHealth #AHPsDeliver #AHPWorkforce #NHS #SocialCare

Outside of work I love to dive (if you hadn't guessed by my profile pic!)