Daring to dream ... GO KANGAS!!!!!

HOT OFF THE PRESSES - Occupational therapy practice for post‐acute COVID‐19 inpatients requiring rehabilitation - Scott - Australian Occupational Therapy Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Library patron of the week: the kindergartener whose parting shot at checkout was, “You haven’t seen the last of ME.”

I love Scotland man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😂

COVID-19 the *third leading cause of death* in Australia last year.

What an extraordinary situation.

#CovidIsntOver #COVID19

This is magic, MAGIC, I SAY!

I got Covid this week and have had to be housebound, but just before I caught it I bought a new turntable so am playing records - dozens of them- and experiencing flow like I haven’t in a long time. #occupationaltherapy #psychology #flow

From LOCOMOTIONstudy:
“dual burden of having to fight to be heard in a context of structural inequalities takes its toll…so few from ethnically minoritised communities reach the #LongCovid clinic doors”

Thanks to our Member Sophie for co-authoring.
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A lot of you guys are miserable because you don’t do arts and crafts. You should be having arts and crafts time at least once a week

WHYY: 'The short reach of long COVID care'

'Latinos and African Americans suffer the highest rates of long COVID. Yet health care inequality and poor outreach have resulted in clinics with mostly white patient lists'

H/T Lygia Navarro (she/ella) ♿️ + 🏳️‍🌈 💜 🏳️‍⚧️

whyy.org/segments/the-s…

'Cat Lady' by Alison O. Marks (née Bremner), Tlingit artist born and raised in Southeast Alaska #WomensArt

UniteToFight 2024:

Videos are starting to become available of the Long Covid and ME/CFS conference held online on 15th and 16th May 2024.

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#LongCovid #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #UniteToFight #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME Chris #UniteToFight 🏳️‍🌈

Love that this definition recognises LC can exacerbate existing conditions & isn't only in previously healthy people. Long overdue recognition for marginalised groups. One_pager_Long_COVID_Definition.pdf (nationalacademies.org)

These are true gentleman

Calling all OTs working with people with #eatingdisorders and their carers/supports! Join the AEDRTC hub hub.eatingdisordersresearch.org.au Let’s all connect and grow our presence in this field! Rachel Knight OTA Dr Elysa Roberts (she/her) Dr Carolynne White OT OT at Deakin #AlexHillman #jasminwatson

Spread hope for #eatingdisorder sufferers who are unfairly labelled as ‘untreatable’, 'treatment-resistant', or 'terminal'. Please share/repost my new article ('Terminal anorexia': a lived experience perspective on...):
jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
The take-home messages include:

Reminds me of reading to my 5 yo son.

Me: 'He held onto the balloon all the way up to space. Look at all these stars!'

Son: 'Mum, space is a vacuum. Thats impossible'

'It's a story from their imagination'

'So they're lying'

'Sort of..'

'So it's ok to lie?'

'....'

6-year-old: What's with the blue squiggles?

Me: I tried to make the frosting look like waves.

6: Mom. Giant squid live deep in the ocean. I don't think there are any waves down there.

Me: [sighs]

6: [sees my sigh] Well, maybe this one came to the surface to attack a ship.

I'd watch this true crime documentary 😂