It’s a yoga mat for people with arthritis! But wait! There’s more! It’s a device that allows gun owners who have had an arm amputated to load and cock a pistol! It’s finger weights to help ...

For 20 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City has partnered with the University of Utah Occupational Therapy (OT) program to provide an OT level two field study experience ...

At the start of the pandemic, many people became hobbyists — picking up crochet needles, gardening books, or rolling out dough to ease the anxieties brought on by quarantining. For Julie Anne "JuJu" ...

An occupational therapy student needed to get a patient, diagnosed with dementia, out of the bed and across the room for evaluation, but this was different from most patient-caregiver interactions at ...

Occupational therapists may also work as consultants and researchers and might help designers who make assistive devices. A master's in occupational therapy can qualify you to work as an occupational ...

Jen Franklin has worked for years in the Thompson School District as an occupational therapist, helping with students who have developmental differences and need additional support. While there are ...

In 2020, a group of Saint Louis University (SLU) Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy students founded a SLU chapter of the national group Coalition for Occupational Therapy Advocates for ...

SAN ANTONIO – Occupational therapists are important because some people need assistance learning or re-learning how to do day-to-day activities. It’s why the University of Incarnate Word School of ...

Nick Honerkamp said he literally saw the writing on the wall. Mr. Honerkamp, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Anthropology professor emeritus, retired from teaching duties in ...

Opening a door, climbing stairs, using the washroom. All are activities to which few of us give a second thought. Yet for the nearly 33 million Canadians in a wheelchair, accessibility in public ...

A federal loan policy change scheduled to take effect in 2026 threatens to make many essential health professions ...