So, what happens when you can’t drive due to a medical condition or disability, or if you require extra supports or equipment to gain your driver’s licence? In these circumstances, a Driver Trained Occupational Therapist can assist you to learn or return to driving by completing an Occupational Therapy Driver Assessment.
Through my 10-year career as an Occupational Therapist, there have been many occasions where a client has come to me, with a catalogue for a piece of equipment and asked, “will this work for me?” and my answer has sometimes been, “I don’t know”.
This means that we provide services to our clients in their homes, at work, in school or in other community settings. While we have clinic rooms at our metropolitan hubs that can be used for therapy sessions, we always prefer to provide services to people in environments they are familiar with.
This week is Speech Pathology Week, where we get to celebrate the profession we love, and the people we have the privilege of supporting.
This Speech Pathology Week, we’re highlighting an area of speech pathology which is often overlooked, but incredibly important.
Food. Glorious, messy, mouthwatering food. It fuels our bodies, ignites conversation, and brings us together like nothing else. Imagine, then, if every bite became a battle, every swallow a struggle. That’s the reality for millions living with dysphagia, a tongue-twister term for difficulty swallowing.
Whether you’re a person living with disability in Perth or someone close to you is, you’ll likely have heard of occupational therapy as a therapeutic support.
You may be reading this article because you’re curious about autism assessments in Perth for yourself, your child, or a loved one.
Want to know more about physiotherapy in Perth and what is funded by the NDIS? We’ve got you covered!
Most allied health professionals will tell you that they love doing what they do because it gives them the privilege of being able to witness people’s lives change – and our Superyou Therapy and Superyou Tech clinicians are no different.
