We were lucky enough in class to have a guest speaker Dave Speden who came to talk us about his experiences with assistive technologies in his occupational therapy practices. This was very exciting and I had no idea that there were so many different assistive technologies in this world.
So an assistive technology that I can share is the some what historic now days basic digital camera. Digital cameras are a great way to capture and record images and videos. Occupational therapists are able to use these devices for mant things within practice. The first way is through intervention, some clients may indeed have a passion for photography, so this is therefore a meaningful occupation to them. Secondly they can be used solely for the therapists benefit. In the community they can used to take photos of a person's home that is yet to modified, in order for the therapist to retain where all the fixtures and fittings are placed. And thirdly they can be used for the purpose to educate, to show a client how a piece of equipment works when they are not physically able to see the equipment.
Digital cameras can cost anywhere between $150 for a basic camera to anywhere in the $1000 and above category for a really hi-tech one. On this blog one of our tasks complete was to take 5 photos of things that are meaningful to me. In order to do this we used basic digital cameras and tripod.
Here is a youtube clip of some photos that some people in a classroom have taken photos of. This could easily be used as a form of therapy for anyone that has photography as a meaningful occupation
References
Cook & Hussey (2002). Assistive technologies and practice. Michigan: Mosby.
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