Imagine how exhausting it would be to live in someone else’s world. That’s how it feels for people with autism, living in a neurotypical world. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent burnout. Most estimates suggest that the average human makes between 27,000 and 35,000 decisions each day, with the vast majority of those (more than […]
OT Finds Strength in Serving Individuals with Autism
Individuals with Autism have a myriad of strengths. They frequently attend to details that others miss, have excellent memory skills, think linearly and logically, communicate honestly, and are experts on preferred subjects. Occupational therapists, as strength-based practitioners, harness and enhance an individual’s abilities in order to remove barriers to participation in life’s occupations. Occupational therapists […]
