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Episode 15 - Autism Series: Part 2 - Autism & Me - Lived Experience with Rees Finlay & Daniel Grice

In part two of the autism series, I speak to two autistic young men who both received their diagnosis in their early twenties. We discuss what being autistic means to them, how the diagnosis has impacted them or not and whether or not they view autism as a disability. Rees can be found on twitter (@reesytime) and his website is https://reesfinlay.wixsite.com/website. Daniel can be reached on email at “[email protected]”. Big shout out to Rees for designing the artwork for the series.  

Other episodes in the series include

- Autism and Occupational Therapy

- ADOS & ADI-R with Emma Woodhouse

- Camouflaging & Autism - Lived Experience with Ben Jones

- Cultural Perspectives on Autism with Emma Woodhouse & Adam Griffin

- Females & Autism

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Members of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) have the democratic right to select a candidate for the seat of Council Member, International Affairs – World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT). One of the candidates for this seat is Dr Kee Hean Lim. With the ballots closing on Friday, 24th July 2020 at 12noon, I took an opportunity to have a conversation with Dr Lim about what the position involves and the reasons behind him deciding to stand for it.

There are two other candidates (Majorie Gardner & Dr Yvonne Thomas) going for the position. Below is a link to all thier manifesto statements.

file:///C:/Users/Client/Downloads/Ballot%20-%20election%20statements(1)%20(2).pdf 

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Episode 13 - Autism Series: Part 1 - ADOS & ADI-R With Emma Woodhouse

To kick off the Autism series, I invited Emma Woodhouse,   Neurodevelopmental Specialist, onto the podcast to provide her expertise on two of the assessment tools used in the diagnosis of Autism. Emma is a trainer in the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2) and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R). She also runs workshops in ASD and ADHD. We explore some of the reasons behind why an assessment may be suggested for someone, the assessments themselves and touch upon the importance of routines.  Emma can be found on twitter (@emmawoodhouse40).

Other episodes in the series include

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The way we respond to people around us on all levels is very important in building relationships. Understanding of attachment styles and strategies when working with people may help us develop better responses to during our practice. I was very fortunate to be joined by Lydia Guthrie (Twitter: @Lydia_Guthrie), a trainer in attachment and relationship styles who is also training to be a systemic psychotherapist

The link below is a book (Raising Parents: Attachment, Representation, and Treatment by Patricia M. Crittenden) recommendation by Lydia if you would like to find out more about attachment styles.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sHo2DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=raising+parents&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjE1Y3S9ZrqAhVRVsAKHZPHDhAQuwUwAHoECAUQBw#v=onepage&q=raising%20parents&f=false

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We are in the midst of racial tension across the world due the death of a Black man called George Floyd. This has raised many questions around race and further given voice to the Black Lives Matter movement. I wanted to get the thoughts and feelings from fellow Black and People of Colour Occupational Therapists to begin the discussion about how we can increase diversity in the profession. I would like to say a BIG THANK you to all the OTs who shared thier views. If you would like to read the article pointed out by Mish (Relational Activism), please find the link below. If you would like to continue the conversation online, please tag me @OT_Chill on Twitter or "OTandChill" on instagram. 

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/becoming_unstuck_with_relational_activism

I am hoping to organise a Zoom meeting of black and people of colour Occupational Therapists to gather some ideas about how we can talk about race within the profession, increase representation and make suggestions to the RCOT to hopefully take forward. If would like to join this meeting, please drop me a DM via Twitter or Instagram (handles above) or email me at [email protected].

In this episode, I caught up with an Occupational Therapist who has previously engaged in occupations which could be viewed by society as anti-social and not health promotion. He found his way into Occupational Therapy which then gave him an understanding of why he perhaps engaged in those occupations. We discuss what impact engaging in those occupations had on him and how it influences him and his professional practice. 

We often work with individuals presenting with complex needs but regardless of this, we as Occupational Therapist need to be able to explore all occupations these individuals engage in.  Stalking is one such occupation. As part of an innovative project, Occupational Therapist Sam Baker works with perpetrators of stalking. In this episode, Sam discusses his role, the impact stalking can have on occupational functioning and the dark side of occupation amongst many other areas. 

Sam Baker can be found on twitter (@thebakerstron). Below is the link to Sam's presentation slides from the RCOT Conference. 

https://www.rcot.co.uk/file/3918/download?token=H7M9ZUhi

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In this episode, I catch up with a colleague of mine, Keith, who is a service user consultant and also a former prisoner having spent 26 years in prison. We discuss how he spent his time in prison, the impact having his choice taken away had on him and how he managed the transition coming out of prison after a long period of time. Keith also offers some advice to healthcare professionals about working with service users. If you have any questions for Keith or any comments about this this episode, please do not hesitate to contact me via Twitter (@OT_Chill) or email me at [email protected].  Same applies to if you would like to be a guest or have ideas of topics you would like discussed on the podcast, please do not hesitate to contact me. Hope you enjoy this episode and share it with friends and colleagues.