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29 November 2022
Anyone can become disabled. Anyone, anytime.
Natalie Hicks, one of the founding members of AbleOTUK shares her story about becoming disabled and why being an ally is important.
24 November 2022
UK Disability History Month – a month in which the struggles of disabled people are remembered and victories celebrated
Rachel Booth-Gardiner, one of the founding members of AbleOTUK explains what Disability History Month is and why we should celebrate it.
21 November 2022
Employment, disability, health and wellbeing
Georgia Vine, Occupational Therapist and Founding Member of AbleOTUK shares her experiences of employment, disability, health and wellbeing.
15 November 2022
Reflections on OT Week 2022
At RCOT, our vision is that people everywhere value the life changing power of occupational therapy. That’s why for OT Week 2022 we launched our ‘Lift up your everyday with OT Life Hacks’ campaign. As part of the campaign occupational therapists are encouraged to share life hacks to help people overcome challenges to do things they love and need to do.
01 November 2022
Hear from our student member, Shir
Tell us about yourself and the journey that led you to study occupational therapy. My name is Shir Grunebaum and I’ve concluded my first year of an MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration) course at Oxford Brookes University. From a very young age, I always dreamed of studying occupational therapy.
25 October 2022
Kwaku Agyemang about his journey
As part of Black History Month 2022 we’re hearing from Kwaku Agyemang, Occupational Therapist, OT & Chill Podcast Host and member of BAMEOTUK , about his journey into occupational therapy...
20 October 2022
Hearing from Dr Dave S.P. Thomas
As part of Black History Month 2022 we’re hearing from Dr Dave S.P. Thomas around actions to take for improving sense of belonging.
14 October 2022
Equity, Diversity and Being Black
The core concept of my project highlights the under reporting of racist and discriminative incidents within the NHS.
10 October 2022
Why I work in mental health
Clare Steedman is Co-Founder & Clinical Director of The Eating Disorder Specialists. She tells us why she chose to specialise and work in mental health.
30 September 2022
Enabling spread of knowledge and integration of environmental sustainability into practice
Enabling our members to understand and act to embed sustainability in their interventions and work with service users is an important workstream for RCOT. In June, occupational therapist Pete Vesey joined us as our new Professional Advisor – Environmental Sustainability. He tells us about his role and how you can get involved