Monday 21 Oct marks the start of Occupation Therapy Week (#OTWeek) across Australia. Out in the community, we often receive the question “What is occupational therapy?”, and so this year we’re shining a spotlight on a couple of Occupational Therapists and we start with Emma Towns.
This Occupational Therapy Week (#OTWeek), we're introducing you to a couple of Aspect OTs. Meet Andrew Trenfield, from our Hunter team. Andrew is an experienced OT and a regional Operation Leader for the Northern NSW team and the Mid North Coast teams. He is sharing me about his journey and his work at Aspect.
Driving is an important milestone in the lives of teenagers and young adults. No longer do they have to ask Mum or Dad for a ride to their friends’ houses. Now they can drive themselves to school, work, and beyond, giving them more freedom over their own schedules. Learning to drive is an opportunity for teens and young adults to earn their independence.
Sunday 25 August marks the start of Speech Pathology Week across Australia. The week is an opportunity to make all Australians aware of those in our community who have a communication disability. We asked one of our experienced SP to tell us more about her work with adults and kids to help them maximise their communication and quality of life.
Ben Caladruccio is a movie fan, writer and a young man on the autism spectrum.We asked Ben to review the touching documentary "Life, Animated" and he's shared his thoughts below.
There will be a special screening of Life, Animated at APAC17.
Is autism really on the rise? It certainly looks that way - the news is full of stories about increasing numbers of children in schools, funding for people on the autism spectrum is blowing the NDIS Budget, Vicki Gibbbs speaks further.
My name is Thomas Kuzma and I’m here today with my good friends Emma Gallagher and Amy Smith. We’re talking about the #metoo movement, relationships and consent
