Dyspraxia Awareness Week 2024
#DyspraxiaAwarenessWeek From the 13th to the 19th of October is being celebrated the Awareness week of Dyspraxia. “Developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), commonly known as dyspraxia, is a neurological condition affecting physical movement and co-ordination that influences the performance of daily activities” These activities can go from riding a bicycle and playing sports, to fine motor […]
Research into Practice: A study of safety and tolerability of rotatory vestibular input for preschool children
The answer to a question on SI4OT, a FB group for OT’s curated by our social media team, includes this interesting article. This study was focussing on the vestibular system, and the researchers tried to work out the exact amount of vestibular input needed in therapy. The results strongly suggest that it is very individualised […]
‘Sensory’ in Autism isn’t just about sensitivity.
ASI WISE was recently invited to deliver a presentation about Autism and sensory issues to a UK National Autistic Society meeting. Our presentations to the audience addressed the science and evidence behind autism and explored a families experience of sensory integration therapy. Since the presentation we have had interesting conversations with some parents who attended. […]
Dyspraxia or DCD, what term and recommendatons do you use in your EHCP’s and why?
Sometimes the terms we use as therapists are disputed in EHCP meetings or tribunals. The following quotes have proved useful in defending my own use of the terms in reports, especially when I link the word I use to the specific assessment tool I have used to do my assessment and clinical formulation. Gibbs and […]
