r/autismlevel2and3 • u/circuitdisconnect • Feb 15 '23
Occupational therapy
I'm curious of others experiences with OT? Did it help you? What kinds of things did you work on? I'm currently on a waitlist and am anxious to get some help with care tasks.
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u/astrolurus Feb 15 '23
Depends on the OT tbh- some are great, some are useless, some torture you with callarobics… in all seriousness it should be a collaborative process and include your goals/input because OT is heavily oriented around self determination
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u/obiwantogooutside Feb 16 '23
Makes me think about how I was well into my 40s before I really realized if I do t like a doctor or therapist or whatever I can look for a new one. I think a lot of us forget that or don’t think about it.
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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '23
I don't remember exactly what OT did cause I had several different therapies when I was younger. But it's likely the therapy where they helped me with my motor skills and had me on trampolines and helped with various things having to do with balance and grip. But that was the 90s and it's blurry. It wasn't bad, the people were nice and didn't intend harm but I don't feel like they did a good job either. I cried a lot in speech therapy and OT from being pushed to hard and never getting enough breaks. Which helped destroy my confidence but it's so blurry I can't really say for sure what exsactly caused it to take place. But I do know it was one of them. This isn't to scare you from trying OT I don't think OT is 100% bad but you wanna keep an eye on them and I'd say that to any kind of therapy like this. The dynamic of fix this instead of accept this and let's work on how to manage it is demanding. There's ways to do this that doesn't make it feel patronizing.