Occupational Therapist, Disabled Activist, Author, PhD Candidate
‘Challenging the profession correctly not only enhances practice but also furthers our understand of different communities.’ It is a fact that not just in occupational therapy but any profession needs to reflect the diverse population it serves, so I don’t think I need a whole blog banging on the representation drum. However, when thinking about… Continue reading Untangling My Activism Within Occupational Therapy
A month since the World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress in Bangkok and I still can’t quite grasp that I’ve had this once in a lifetime experience. I enjoyed every second of it, right from the day before the conference when we landed (although very jet lagged). The whole experience was so, surreal like I… Continue reading WFOT Congress 2026 Reflections
‘In my personal statement, I spoke about my personal experiences of occupational therapy and how my disability is my tool, and now I’ve kind of made a career based on that fact!’ When I saw this next quote on my list, I was very tempted to skip it, as, let’s be honest, I’m pushing it… Continue reading From Blogging in My Bedroom to an International Stage: Reflections Before WFOT 2026
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… Continue reading HCPC Re-registration Time: What’s new, and what’s not?
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… Continue reading Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism and Me: A Year On
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… Continue reading Not So Terrible Palsy Is 6!
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… Continue reading Attending #CYPF 2024!
I have now been qualified as long as I was studying - on one hand studying seems like a lifetime ago on the other hand it feels like I still have no clue what I’m doing in the working world. Yet, a lot has happened since I finished my studies, and I write this blog… Continue reading Three Years Post Qualification Update
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,… Continue reading Ableism on Micro, Meso and Macro Levels Within Healthcare
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… Continue reading Do You Notice Ableism Around You?
