Differently abled
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Rachel Booth is an occupational therapist who has cerebral palsy and dyslexia. She discusses her experiences growing up with disabilities and having to solve problems related to everyday tasks. She then talks about her experience becoming an occupational therapist as a student, including challenges with fieldwork placements but receiving accommodations. As a working occupational therapist, she emphasizes bringing empathy, a social model of disability, and unique understanding of disability to help colleagues and clients.
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Differently abled
- 1. Differently Able An Occupational Therapists Story Rachel Booth Disability Fringe 2009 COT Conference 1
- 2. About me..... Qualified as an OT in 2006 • Music • Festivals • Gigs • Cinema • Textiles • Fashion • Art • Audio Books • Cupcakes • Shopping • Photography • The Sixties • Working in Acute Psychiatry. • Involvement in N&Y BAOT Region Group …..and by the way •I have cerebral palsy – a right hemi • and I’m dyslexic! Rachel Booth Disability Fringe 2009 COT Conference 2
- 3. Growing Up – Solving Problems • • • • • • • Getting my toys up and down stairs Using escalators Balancing on a moving bus Making Mum a cup of tea Getting to and around school Reading and Writing Coming to terms with being different Rachel Booth Disability Fringe 2009 COT Conference 3
- 4. Becoming an Occupational Therapist • Student experience • Mostly positive – extra time if needed for assignments • Amanuensis for written exams • Support from tutors and • Bought experience of disability • Fieldwork placements – educators were cautious and concerned at first • Most placements made reasonable adjustments. • Some professionals found it hard to accept me. • My confidents was knocked. Rachel Booth Disability Fringe 2009 COT Conference 4
- 5. Working life • Empathy • Reasonable adjustments • Having student’s with disabilities
- 6. OT’s with a disability bring a little extra • Many Occupational therapists work and are trained within a medical or administrative model of disability. • Attitudes are shaped by this • These models look at impairment and assessment. • We can bring the social model to influence colleagues and COT • In our clinical work we bring an understanding and knowledge that other OT’s may not. Rachel Booth Disability Fringe 2009 COT Conference 6
- 7. Differently Able Rachel Booth Disability Fringe 2009 COT Conference 7
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