Authentically Me Occupational Therapy

18/07/2025

What exactly is "Executive Dysfunction", and what can we do to make sure it doesn't run our day-to-day?

Do you relate to these struggles?

17/06/2025

17/06/2025

30/04/2025

Why was this study done?: Autistic burnout is talked about a lot by autistic people but has not been formally addressed by researchers. It is an important issue for the autistic community because it is described as leading to distress; loss of work, school, health, and quality of life;....

30/04/2025

21/04/2025

13/11/2024

“Occupational therapy is a quiet rebellion against the reductionist view of health, insisting that well-being is not merely the absence of illness, but the presence of meaning, purpose and agency in every moment of life.”
~ 𝑅𝒽𝒾𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓃 𝒞𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒

24/10/2024

Happy Occupational Therapy Week ! For me, Occupational Therapy is, at its heart, about guided discovery, advocacy and the removal of barriers for participation in meaningful occupations. But what is “occupation”? It refers to any activity, task, or role in life that brings you joy, dignity, and allows you to lead your life authentically.

This looks different for everyone, and that unique skillset in OT is something to celebrate!

This week, I’ve taken time to reflect on both my service and my own occupational participation over the past year and a half in business. Practicing as an OT is deeply meaningful to my identity and starting this service as an ND person has been a been a major success in my own occupational participation. I’m excited to continue learning and growing in this profession.

18/08/2024

Sometimes my brain comes up with something that amuses me so much.

This was one of those things.

So we talk a bit about Proprioception (pronounced proe-pree-oh-sep-shun).

Proprioception means knowing where your body is in a space. Knowing where your limbs finish. Knowing how close you are to things. Knowing how much force to put behind movement.

Many, many neurodivergent folk have significant differences with Proprioception. Personally, my sense of proprioception is laughable.

I accidentally invented the word NOPE-RIOCEPTION to talk about these differences. Because I feel like I have no sense of that. And here’s what noprioception (probably spell it that way) looks like for me.

Slamming doors. Accidentally stomping about the house. Running into doorframes. Always dropping stuff. Turning around and running immediately into a wall. Banging my shins into furniture. Cannot catch. Flinging my arms out during conversation and accidentally whacking people. Wearing tight jeans because they help me know where my legs are.

This post is mostly for laughs.
But also, noprioception is real, haha.

Anyone else?

Em 🌈

17/06/2024

In addition to these, there are also certain ages that are simply prone to more dysregulation and other ages that are prone to more regulation. A kid’s developing brain goes through cycles of being more generally regulated (able to cope with stress/upset without it becoming overwhelming) and then more generally dysregulated.

A handy rule of thumb to remember is that it changes every six months for the first few years of life, then it switches to every year.

12mo-18mo: generally more regulated
18mo-24mo: generally more dysregulated
2yo-2.5yo: generally more regulated
2.5yo-3yo: generally more dysregulated
3yo-3.5yo: generally more regulated
3.5yo-4yo: generally more dysregulated (often the most dysregulated part of childhood)
4yo-4.5yo: generally more regulated
4.5yo-5yo: generally more dysregulated
5yo-5.5yo: generally more regulated
5.5yo-6.5yo: generally more dysregulated
6.5yo-7yo: generally more regulated
7yo-8yo: generally more dysregulated
8yo-9yo: generally more regulated
9yo-10yo: generally more dysregulated
10yo-11yo: generally more regulated

More information can be found here: https://centerforparentingeducation.org/library-of-articles/child-development/developmental-stages-the-roller-coaster-of-equilibrium-and-disequilibrium/

[Image description: The title of the image is "Reasons Behind Dysregulation". There are 3 generic reason categories given, which are Physical, Sensory, and Emotional. Each of these has an arrow leading to a circle where they are expounded upon in more depth. "Physical" can be broken down into: "Hunger, thirst, lack of sleep, illness, disorder, or infection, nutrient deficiency, lack of exercise." "Sensory" can be broken down into: "Sensory overload, sensory processing challenges, sensory needs, sensory triggers." "Emotional" can be broken down into: "Trauma, stress, anxiety, feeling unsafe or uncertain, change in routine, excitement, anger, other emotions or connection needs." End description.]

05/06/2024

It’s not about '𝒖𝒔'𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒊𝒏𝒈 '𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎'.
Its about empowering people to discover their own 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 and 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, and navigating the problems together, with us by their side.🧡

05/05/2024