Not So Terrible Palsy
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Being Kind to Ourselves During Occupational Transitions
‘Occupational transitions have many layers, thus placing occupational therapists in a unique position to help young people and families navigate this period.’ Sorry for the little delay in blogs. This time was frustrating, as it wasn’t because I had writer’s block; it was because I had too many thoughts and I didn’t know what order…
Embarking on My Biggest Challenge Yet
Hello and Happy World CP Day 2025! This year marks probably my momentous World CP Day as I start my PhD in a few days. What, I know, didn’t see that one coming? Me neither! Let’s walk through the past year almost shall we… As you know just over a year ago I finished the…
HCPC Re-registration Time: What’s new, and what’s not?
We’ve all received the email notification we’ve been dreading: It is re-registration time for Health Care Professions Council’s (HCPC) registrants and a stressful time for those who have been called for audit. What you will have noticed if you’ve already reregistered that there has been some additional equality monitoring information this time round and I…
Disability Pride: Past, Present and Future
‘I must have had so much internalised ableism to believe that an activity most kids that age do was too costly to adapt for my needs.’ Hello, sorry for the delay in part 2 of this series. Last month was hectic, but I cannot wait to tell you what I was working on very soon…
Going Against What Society Tells Me as a Disabled Woman
‘My life is not something to be pitied, I don’t need to be ‘cured’ and I am certainly not a burden!’ This line here is a line from chapter one of my book ‘Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism and Me’ which is a chapter written around my childhood experiences and this pity is still something that…
Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism and Me: A Year On
Can you believe it was a year ago since my book was published? I remember signing my publishing contract in 2022, thinking that the book’s publication was so far away in the distant future. Now, a whole year past publication, it feels so surreal! A whole year passed publication and I still am not quite…
An Interview With Rachel Booth-Gardiner
March is supposedly CP awareness month truth be told I think it’s National CP Awareness Month in America but why not claim in in the UK? Therefore to mark this I decided to interview my friend Rachel Booth-Gardiner. Rachel, is a Lead Occupational Therapist, Blogger, intersectional Feminist and Disability Activist. She has 20 years experience…
My Experience Using Voiceitt: A Captions Software for Non-standard Speech
When I’m teaching I of course aim to make my lectures as accessible as possible. This is for two reasons one being that they should be accessible regardless and the other one being because as someone who talks about ableism all the time, it would be very hypocritical of me not to provide accessible content.…
Not So Terrible Palsy Is 6!
Happy New Year and happy 6 years of blogging! I know, I’m quite good at writing a corny blog reflecting on previous years etc, etc. Therefore, this year I’ve been trying to think of what I can do that still marks the significance of my blog without getting too cheesy. I have a few blogs…
Attending #CYPF 2024!
It was a highly momentous occasion for me to finally attend an in-person Children Young People and Families (CYPF) Conference (Royal College of Occupational Therapists Special Section, RCOT-SS) after attending the 2021 and 2022 conferences online. I have been looking forward to connecting to many of my colleagues within children’s occupational therapy for a while…
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My name is Georgia, pronouns she/hers, I am occupational therapist working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Occupational Therapy at The University of Huddersfield. My passions aside from activism and occupational therapy are reading, theatre, and music, including gigs and festivals!
I am Head Ambassador for CP Teens UK and a disability blogger writing about my lived experienced of cerebral palsy and life as a disabled occupational therapist. In 2021 I was named a Rising Star on the Shaw Trust’s #DisabilityPower100. I am a founding member of AbleOTUK an advocacy and network group for occupational therapists and students with lived experience of disability. I am the author of ‘Occupational Therapy Disability Activism and Me’ which challenges ableism in healthcare.
Email: georgia@notsoterriblepalsy.com
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