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Health Update, Book Update, Life Up
So, you know me I’m going to try not to ramble my way through this blog but it’s fair to say the first quarter of 2024 has been pretty rubbish and yes, I want to update you but part of me wants to vent too! I knew that this year was going to be tough,…
Ableism on Micro, Meso and Macro Levels Within Healthcare
A few weeks, ago I wrote about the simple changes that can be made within healthcare to reduce everyday ableism I also linked this to previous blogs about systemic ableism. Therefore, this blog isn’t going to be anything new, it’s just going to hopefully link everything together. As said before, sometimes noticing ableism isn’t easy,…
If Only I Knew What I Know Now
Being a disabled child is very hard, the world of disability doesn’t come with any instructions it’s just left for you and your family to navigate its ableist structures. I know this was hard for my parents at the beginning, their world had turned upside down when I got my diagnosis of cerebral palsy without…
Do You Notice Ableism Around You?
Often when we talk about ableism we talk about it being systemic, integrated within the systems we work in on micro, meso and macro levels. It important to understand this and see the bigger picture, and how important it is that we act acs anti-ableist allies. Yet, sometimes looking at this bigger picture can be…
Being a Student Whilst Working With Cerebral Palsy
Me again! As promised I wanted to make a real effort to not try and abandon my blog his year! Therefore, I thought I would go back to my old student blogs where it all started and reflect on what it feels like to be a student now whilst working. Last September I spoke about…
5 Years of Not So Terrible P.A.L.S.Y
5 years of Not So Terrible Palsy, I can’t believe the platform my blog has given me over the last 5 years. Last year I barely blogged, and although that was through my own choice it caused me mixed feelings. On one hand, it was great to be doing different pieces of work such as…
My Experience of Catching the Train Independently
That’s right you read the title right, I finally caught the train on my own!! Catching the train independently is something that I’ve been working towards for a while, as I’m not the most confident of drivers so it was something that I knew I needed to do to visit friends who live in different…
Is Positive Disclosure Talked About in Your Workplace?
Hello! Sorry it’s been longer than planned, bugs and getting back into uni all the usual chaos at this time of year! But, I’m back and I want to talk about something that I do a lot of work on yet I’ve only casually mentioned it on my blog and that’s positive disclosure. Positive disclosure…
My Reasons for Going up to Full Time Work With Chronic Fatigue
Going up to full-time work with chronic fatigue, I know my long term readers are thinking…Georgia we read your struggles on your last full-time placement, what are you thinking? I know, I know and 6-months ago when I started having the conversations of increasing my hours to working full-time it was scary and truth be…
The Medical Model of Disability and Standardised Assessments
The Medical Model of Disability is often talked about in occupational therapy and in fact, it’s debated a lot. The Medical Model was most recently debated at the start of 2022 when the Royal College of Occupational Therapists changed its logo from the Phoenix which as I’m sure many will remember generated lots of conversations. …
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My name is Georgia, pronouns she/hers, I am 23 years old and an 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 currently writing my debut book to dismantle ableism in occupational therapy practice.
Email: georgia@notsoterriblepalsy.com
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