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I took my little brother (who falls on the autism spectrum) to see Guardians of the Galaxy and after this scene he lit up like a Christmas tree and screamed âHeâs like me! He canât do metaphors!â And for the rest of the film my brother stared at Drax in a state of rapture.Â
So for the last 6 days I have heard my brother repeatedly quote all of the Drax lines from the movie verbatim (one of his talents), begin studying vocabulary test words, and tell everyone he knows that people with autism can also be superheroes.
Now I am not saying that Drax the Destroyer is, or was ever, intended to be autistic. All I am saying is that it warmed my heart to see my brother have an opportunity to identify himself with a character known for his strength, badassness, and honor. And that is pretty damn awesome.Â
So while I adored Guardians of the Galaxy as a great fun loving film with cool characters I can do nothing but thank Marvel Studios and Dave Bautista for finally bringing a superhero to the screen that my little brother can relate to.
My teenage student with autism is well aware of the fact that after getting 3 X's, he will always get a consequence.
Today, we made chocolate wafers for baking class. He had already 2 X's for making a mess and eating cookies. We just finished baking when he kept asking me for more cookies.
Sabi ko, "ok, if you get another cookie, you'll get 3 X's. Do you want that to happen?"
He gets the marker, makes the final X and takes 2 cookies in his hands. :))
MANILA, Philippines - Hungry, thirsty and weary, survivors of super typhoon Yolandaâs intense blow on the Visayas grow more desperate by the day that they start building distress signals for aircrafts.
In a photo taken by the Associated Pressâ Wally Santana, signs for help, water and food are written in the street amid destroyed homes, buildings and churches in the coastal town of Tanawan.
Another photo released by the United States Embassy in Manila shows a huge âHELPâ sign scribbled across grass amid flattened bamboo and tin houses in another coastal area in Leyte.
You might have heard about that super typhoon that recently ravaged the Philippines. As occupational therapists, I honestly think we are at a position to help out and influence our clients.
Need an activity to target social skills? Let the child choose and donate preloved (but usable) toys and clothed. Even target fine motor skills by letting them write a letter or a prayer for those in need.
Make it an IADL activity by having the teenager plan and buy needed donations. Or, making a bank deposit (they say, cash is the best material donation).
Need to target executive functions? Plan fundraising activities. Even packaging donated items is a simple, structured and concrete task that can be performed for the lower functioning clients.
To all the people who have prayed, contributed and/or donated to our country, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
If You Can Smell This, You May Not Have Alzheimer's | Popular Science
So... apparently, in those with dementia, the ability to smell peanut butter from a distance is significantly impaired in one nostril compared to the other. Interesting.

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Jusy another OT day
An advocacy talk for the older adults in the morning, a Halloween party planned by the social skills group children at noon, and a Baking class for a teen with autism afterwards.
All this in one day. Who doesn't love being an OT? :)
Promotional video by the Occupational Therapy Association of the Philippines
It's World OT day and the OTAP made a video to spread awareness about what we do as a profession. It's in layman's terms in Tagalog so it should be pretty helpful for our clients here in the Philippines :)
Creepy super simple & short term activities for OT
Halloween Activities for your Clients.Â
For this year, we decided to let our social skills group kids plan their entire party from the food to the games (their invented "Zombie Virus" game as a mutated form of Tag is all sorts of cool.)
Super Simple, short-term activities
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Last year, we did a cupcake decorating contest. I just brought some toppers like soil (cocoa powder or crumbled oreos), creepy hands and tombstones (shaped from candy melts/chocolate), worms, etc. Prizes were given to the creepiest and most well-decorated one. This year, I think we're doing gingerbread cookie zombies.Â
Hehehehe. I just love getting into the Halloween spirit. Btw, took me a while to figure out the 2013 costume. Definitely pretty cool.
[Image: 3 pictures of a person with an amputated left leg showing off his yearly Halloween costumes. 2011: Gingerbread man with leg bitten off, 2012: Only leg is dressed up in sexy black stockings and a short skirt. (dude has prettier legs than I do!) 2013: pink flamingo with pink crutches as its thin legs]
Just one of those days when you've heard a story for the nth time already but your client with dementia tells it with the most enthusiastic persona.
"I was stuck in Woodstock! *expletive*" (inner joke that no one but me will get)
[Image: Two elderly ladies sitting beside each other. Caption: We will always be friends til we are old and senile.. then we can be new friends.]

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I'll believe anything you say, Ryan Gosling *swoons*
[Image: Hot actor Ryan Gosling looking straight at you with the comforting caption, "Hey girl, one day everyone will know what occupational therapy is."]
How Chili's broke and fixed Arianna's cheeseburger #autism
Anna Kaye MacLean shares: I want to share the experience that my husband, 7 year old autistic sister and I had today at the Chiliâs location in Midvale, UT. Arianna, my little sister, didnât waste any time when our waitress, Lauren, greeted us at our table. Arianna promptly ordered her cheeseburger with pickles, french fries, and chocolate milk before Lauren could even take our drink order. Lauren smiled and told Arianna, âOkay! Iâll be right back with your chocolate milk!â. When we got our food I was wondering why Arianna wouldnât touch her cheeseburger, but was going to town on her french fries. I asked her, âArianna are you going to eat your cheeseburger?â She calmly said, âNo, I donât want it.â Cheeseburgers, or âKrabby Pattiesâ as we sometimes call them, are her FAVORITE! So this behavior was VERY strange. So I asked her, âWhy donât you want it?â. She replied, âItâs broken. I need another one thats fixed.â Then it dawned on me why she wasnât eating it. Itâs because it was cut in half. Being a child with autism, she has to have certain things in a particular order at all times. One slight change in her routine can change the course of the day instantly. When Lauren came back to check on us, I asked if we could order another cheeseburger and just add it to our check. She had a concerned look on her face so I explained that Arianna has autism, and that in her mind, because the cheeseburger was cut in half, she thinks its broken and canât eat it. I told Lauren I knew it sounded silly, but if we could just order an additional one we will gladly pay for it because there was nothing wrong with the one that was originally brought out. Lauren was so sweet and just smiled and went along with Arianna, telling her âI brought you a broken cheeseburger?! You know what, Iâll have them cook you a new one!â I loved this because rather than just taking it from the table, she actually TOLD Arianna what she was doing. While this seems insignificant, by her telling Arianna what she was doing, we avoided a melt down. The manager, Bradley Cottermole, then came to our table, kneeled down, and said to Arianna, âI heard we gave you a broken cheeseburger! I am so sorry about that! We are making you a brand new one that isnât broken, with pickles! Iâll bring you some french fries to munch on while youâre waiting, ok?â A couple of minutes later, Lauren arrived back at our table with cheeseburger #2. Arianna said, âOH FANK YOU! You fixded my cheeseburger!â When Lauren walked away, Arianna just sat there for a second and looked at her new burger. She looked like so deep in thought....just staring at it....then she let out a big âOH I missed you!!â and started kissing the burger over and over again. I showed Lauren this picture and said, âI think we glorified the cheeseburger too much!â She busted up laughing, and asked if she could go show her manager. She came back a minute later and said she showed everyone in the back kitchen area too, and that it made them all laugh and smile. I was so touched by this experience. Especially since I know people who have been asked to leave restaurants when their child with autism is being disruptive. I expected a few different things with this scenario based on past experiences, but I did NOT expect such kind and compassionate mannerisms from Lauren and Bradley. Everyone, from the hostess to the chef, played a role in what most people would think isnât a big deal. But this entirely shaped how the rest of our day would go. I know...a cheeseburger cut in half literally could make or break our day. In this case thanks to the professionalism of the crew in Midvale, it made our day. And Iâm sure Arianna brightened up at least one of the employees days with her silly little personality. Thank you.
Meanwhile, at a care home for elderly priests...
OT: Father, can you give me three objects that are hot?
Elderly priest: Uh... Fire, sun, and... uh... oh, Marilyn Monroe!
DIY Inspiration: Harry Potterâs âThe Tale of the Three Brothersâ painted by Liz Kirkham from her blog When Boredom Strikes here. I was looking for this picture that I had reblogged from someone else on Tumblr and realized the source was Pinterest (NO!). So I found the original source. Liz Kirkham painted the entire chapter of âThe Tale of Three Brothersâ  from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Go to the link for really high resolution photos of her process. *In the comments Liz Kirkham said that a permanent marker may have worked better than a paintbrush. She wrote, âI used a can of really old black paint and a crummy paintbrush.âÂ
For lots more Harry Potter projects, DIYs and fund raising ideas go here:Â http://truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/harry-potter
Therapy Idea? Uh... no not really. Just because it's Saturday. And it's the Deathly Hallows. :) * If you're gonna stretch it up to a therapy idea though, why not make it as a group activity. Each kid / client can write a sentence on the wall. Not necessarily from Harry Potter but can be a personal statement. Watch the wall get filled up by scribblings from each client and one day, maybe they can look back and say, "Hey, I wrote that sentence a few years ago!"
Hardware Necklace Ribbon
Activity Characteristics: - very simple, a bit repetitive, quick, and concrete end product that is generally easy to do
Targets - fine motor skills (mostly tripod grasp and some in-hand manipulation skills) - creativity, planning & organization
Materials - ribbon, items from the hardware store like nuts, bolts, etc.
Adaptations: To make the ribbon easier to insert into the holes, tape can be used to gather the ends like an aglet (! Am I using that word right? Thank you Phineas & Ferb!) of a shoelace tip. See the silver ribbon?
Steps Please go to this site for more details.

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One more reason to love Sesame Street.
From Time Out Israel:
Sesame Street in Israel (Rechov Sumsum) is the first in the Sesame Street family to include a puppet who uses a wheelchair. This is in part due to a global partnership between an Israeli charity and Sesame Street Workshop to further the inclusion of people with disabilities across the world!
(Photo credit: Israel21c)
âWeâre Not Here For Your Inspirationâ- ABCâs Stella Young
Thatâs the thing about those kids in the inspiration porn pictures too - theyâre not doing anything their peers donât do. We all learn how to use the bodies weâre born with, or learn to use them in an adjusted state, whether those bodies are considered disabled or not.Â
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