Many Fingers in Many Pies.

Father and Kids Performing Wonderful Covers of Depeche Mode...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:38:13 +0000

Father and Kids Performing Wonderful Covers of Depeche Mode Songs

The true value of PBL (Problem Based Learning).. Before (in the...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:17:00 +0000

The true value of PBL (Problem Based Learning)..

Before (in the classroom):

Student 1: “Surely MOHO is the only model that can understand the core of the individual”

Student 2: “COPM is too nihilistic to be considered client-centred”

Student 3: “The assessment should expound a phenomenological approach”

After (in the field):

“So Mrs Jones, after extensive assessment I have concluded that you need a hand rail”

Found amongst a big pile of my old student notes. Drawn by Nick, one of my fellow PBL’ers!

Oldie but a goodie.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:34:33 +0000

Oldie but a goodie.

Why? While holding your phone the thumb placement is near the...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:16:00 +0000

Why?

While holding your phone the thumb placement is near the top of the phone itself by the position of the hand. While using a computer they switch the numbers due to the fact that your hand would be closer to the bottom of the keyboard than the top. (via moneycomet)

And a complete range of theories can be found here

People often don’t get my hideous hating obsession with...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:07:42 +0000

People often don’t get my hideous hating obsession with comic sans. This sums it up nicely - if Comic Sans was the default font for everything this is what we would end up with. Does that look good to you? (from clipart covers - Cover art redone with Comic Sans and Clip art)

makingflowersjealous: Yay for the sensorimotor stage of...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:31:27 +0000

makingflowersjealous:

Yay for the sensorimotor stage of psychological development!

“Is he excited about the prospect of using such cutting-edge technologies to communicate...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:15:26 +0000

“Is he excited about the prospect of using such cutting-edge technologies to communicate better?

I find it exciting. Stephen has a stubborn attitude towards this sort of thing. He feels that he has to prove he can still use his existing system. The result is that when there is a communications expert in the room – someone trying to show him new technology – his speed using the existing system suddenly increases.”

an interview with Sam Blackburn, Stephen Hawkings AAC cum-everything Technical assistant by the New Scientist

OT web bookmark resource

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:02:06 +0000

New year. New resolutions. I don’t have many other than to fix up a number of the little OT (and AAC) web based projects I have had on the go. First up is the link database. I used to have a database of rather neatly pruned and tagged links on delicious which took me a long time (like over 4 years), but some of the links became outdated (stale) and then I missed the 3 month window when delicious got bought out by Yahoo so lost the lot. Bummer!

So in an effort to recreate this - and make it a bit more relevant and recent I’m planning to create a link harvester from OT twitter accounts, blogs and websites. Not sure where I’m going to host it - however I will try and credit each link with a source and try and figure out a way to allow for editing it from a small group of editors.

So I need your bookmarks! Follow the instructions here and email me (will-links@e-wade.net) your export . If you tweet largely OT links send me your twitter username too.

Head positioning equipment (in Economy Class)(it’s a...

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:16:00 +0000

Head positioning equipment (in Economy Class)
(it’s a belt!)

This is my christmas tree. (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:24:50 +0000

This is my christmas tree. (Taken with instagram)

Burt and Ernie exposed. This may upset some of you.

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:07:47 +0000

Burt and Ernie exposed. This may upset some of you.

It’s International Monkey Day. To...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:45:04 +0000

It’s International Monkey Day. To celebrate:

jjustanotherrweasleyy:

A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I. (Source)

Dogs vs Cats (NSFW)

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:26:33 +0000

Dogs vs Cats (NSFW)

A card from me to me for my 18th birthday. Says everything.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:50:55 +0000

A card from me to me for my 18th birthday. Says everything.

Name that person from a dot matrix printer

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:44:37 +0000

Name that person from a dot matrix printer

If you are looking for a big key, keyboard look no further.

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:50:27 +0000

If you are looking for a big key, keyboard look no further.

“and the second I finish I’m going to my bosses...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:51:00 +0000

“and the second I finish I’m going to my bosses office and I’m going to tell that M*** F*** to go F*** himself. See, I want to go do something that MATTERS! I’m going back to school and I’m becoming an OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST! I wanna do something important. Just like you.”

[PAUSE]

” An Occupational Therapist??? Do I look like I wanna marry a f*** Occupational THERAPIST?”

From Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz.

An example of good VDU posture & positioning

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:51:51 +0100

An example of good VDU posture & positioning

Graveyard in Bluewater (more Lego here)

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:26:53 +0100

Graveyard in Bluewater (more Lego here)

PIPs for AAC users

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:24:00 +0100

Driving home from CM yesterday I listened to In Touch on Radio 4 which was discussing PIPs; Personal Independent Payments - the replacement to the disability living allowance that the government have been working on for some time. Thought it was worth sharing re: the AAC aspects of the PIPs..

In order to qualify for any component of PIP you will have to score a certain number of points in relation to certain activities. Points are awarded on the basis of your limitations with respect to each activity. The choice of which descriptor applies will be based on consideration of a 12 month period. If you cannot carry out the descriptor for an activity for more than 6 months, aggregated over the 12 month period, you will be awarded the appropriate points.

It all seems fair from an AAC perspective – one of the activities is ”communicating with others” is rated the highest scoring out of all them. In this there are 9 levels – the point system working steadily upwards from “can communicate unaided” (nil points) to “ Cannot, even with communication support, convey a basic need by either verbal or non–verbal means” (9 points). The concern from the RNIB is that a white cane or a guide dog isn’t seen as an aid for the blind (sidenote: if you thought eye gaze was expensive a Guide dog comes in at £48K and you need approx 8 in your lifetime). I guess from an AAC perspective this could be argued that a paper system may be seen as “unaided” but I struggle see it getting to that stage.. See about half way down the page: http://www.disabilityalliance.org/f60.htm

Note “communication support” is defined as “(a) support from a person trained to communicate with people with limited communication abilities: or (b) use of an aid or appliance.”

Maybe it will lead to a greater range of referrals to AAC services for adults as individuals get themselves reassessed to get an “aid” and to get it tested for usage over a period of time. Time will tell.