Dear all #AHPs Exciting milestone reached! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has participated in this survey so far – we've surpassed 25 participants! 🙌 However, we still need more to finalize last chapter of my PhD, please click survey.napier.ac.uk/n/zz8mj.aspx Edinburgh Napier Occupational Therapy Prof Alison Porter-Armstrong

Dear AHPs, Your participation in my survey would be greatly appreciated as it will help assess the use of digital technology in post-stroke rehabilitation among AHPs. Thank you in advance

When I tell you I nearly cried! The feeling of actually being recognized and not vilified for using a disabled toilet! Spain you have my ❤️

Not a learner or newly qualified OT? Don't worry, we're running a series of virtual engagement workshops so that we can hear from everyone in the occupational therapy workforce. Find out when your workshop is: loom.ly/6TLlnKQ

Please report this to twitter account. This is not me but someone trying to deceive, twitter has still not removed this account

Disabled people's fear of repercussions for being active: The Activity Trap. Have you wanted to get active but feared for punitive consequences from the benefits system? Take part in this research with DR UK and Dept of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Durham Uni. Fill in the questionnaire: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eK…

A follower's child has been sent a post on the Universal Credit Journal about "work experience" 16 hours a week, 4 weeks, unpaid. It's at f'ing B&M. This isn't about "learning skills" or "gaining experience". Its forcing people into work and making them do it for free.

Which hospital is this? 😂😂😂😂

Imagine being 15, living in a care home, and being told to pack up because you're moving again. Given a black bin bag for your belongings, like your life is disposable. A taxi picks you up at 9pm after your social worker's shift ended at 5. You arrive alone with your life in a

Imagine having only a bag to represent 5 years of your life. For many children in care, this is their reality. At 16, all they have is a bag, but they carry the weight of countless struggles. Every year, hundreds of vulnerable young people leave the system like this. The Care

Good morning my daily repeating message I refuse to be intimidated & browbeaten to be silent against calling out #racism & #injustices #HopeNotHate

Are you an occupational therapist working or volunteering in the emergency services? To mark 999 Day we'd love to hear your stories. 💚 #999Day #EmergencyServicesDay

It’s been 63 years since suicide was decriminalised in the UK. But so many of us still use the term ‘commit suicide’. Why does it matter? Language that links suicide and crime can increase stigma and prevent people struggling with suicidal thoughts from speaking out. If we

#INTERESTS #LEISURE People who use social media to fill the time tend to use social media more than people who are selective or who use the internet mostly for news content. They also report significantly lower levels of satisfaction. (Gallistl and Nimrod, 2020)

Leisure 👇

* 50% of people who are homeless have a brain injury. * The life expectancy for people who are street homelessness is 44yrs. Dire statistics needing “right services at the right time” #HomelessABI BISWG #HIHRG joint conference

Caroline J Bald BISWG 90% of people experiencing chronic homelessness have experienced trauma. Trauma in childhood impacts brain structure and function. Impairments have lasting impacts across the life course. So much work to be done in thos area.

Mental health makes up 20% of health issues but gets less than 10% of NHS funding. That’s one of the findings from the Darzi Review, published today, which shows huge gaps in NHS mental health services. 🧵1/11

#INTERESTS Leisure interests support the development of competencies by allowing autonomy (a sense that one's actions are freely chosen) and mastery (through opportunities to increase skills or learn something new).

Another day. Another stigmatising headline we’ve had to correct. 2 million people are on mental health waiting lists. Let's focus on getting them the support they deserve instead of writing stigmatising articles.