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We are passionate about neurological rehabilitation, our resources page has been designed to help us share our collective wisdom to influence and educate people and to spark moments of inspiration and points of discussion.

If you are interested in, or have been affected by brain injury, if you love occupational therapy or anything neurological you are very welcome… come on in and join us!

Neuro OT exchange summer edition

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Neuro OT exchange summer edition
Neuro OT exchange - Summer edition

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Hidden Disability, Hidden Ability

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Hidden Disability, Hidden Ability
Have you stopped to think about what you have done today? Many of us will take for granted the efforts our body and brain go through to make sure we achieve the tasks we set out to do.

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Tracking the 12 million

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Tracking the 12 million
Why Britons with neuro conditions are needed now more than ever in the fight for better healthcare.

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Self-awareness after an acquired brain injury

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Self-awareness after an acquired brain injury
Knowing me, knowing who? Losing self-awareness after an acquired brain injury is one of the biggest barriers to rehabilitation. What ‘small change, big impact’ can OTs make here?

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Astronauts and neuro occupational therapy: It's action for brain injury week 2021

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Astronauts and neuro occupational therapy: It's action for brain injury week 2021
Blasting through black holes of isolation for brain injury survivors in Action for Brain Injury Week 2021.

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Mental Health Awareness Week 2021: nature-based interventions for brain injury and mental well-being.

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Mental Health Awareness Week 2021: nature-based interventions for brain injury and mental well-being.
Are we digging nature-based neurorehabilitation? In Mental Health Awareness Week, we get to the grassroots of ecotherapy and its blossoming outcomes for brain injury survivors. 

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Occupational therapy in prisons - the battle to help brain injured people behind bars.

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Occupational therapy in prisons - the battle to help brain injured people behind bars.
Brain injury within the UK’s criminal justice system is up to five times higher than in the general population – a shocking disparity that leaves countless questions begging.

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World voice day 2021 and 9 online disability inclusive choirs

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World voice day 2021 and 9 online disability inclusive choirs
Let’s hear it on World Voice Day for the 9 online choirs keeping life upbeat for music lovers with brain injuries and other disabilities. 

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Relationships - What does it take to keep relationships strong in the aftershock of brain injury and beyond?

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Relationships - What does it take to keep relationships strong in the aftershock of brain injury and beyond?
David and his partner, Ruth, have spent 12 years together – half of them before and half of them after an accident that left David with a traumatic brain injury. Here they kindly share their story.

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The RCOT’s new chief needs OT input to help him achieve his first goal!

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The RCOT’s new chief needs OT input to help him achieve his first goal!
Steve Ford has only been in his new job with the Royal College of Occupational Therapists for one day - and already he’s in the swing of setting goals in the true spirit of occupational therapy.

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Choosing the right profiling bed after brain injury: sleep safe and well with neuro OT tips!

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Choosing the right profiling bed after brain injury: sleep safe and well with neuro OT tips!
From hospital to home, profiling beds bolster rehabilitation after brain injury, but how do you choose the right one? We’ve stripped it down to some dos and don’ts as we say goodnight to National Bed Month…

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Omega-3 fatty acids and their neuro-protective abilities following brain injury

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Omega-3 fatty acids and their neuro-protective abilities following brain injury
We’ve filtered out some of the more mega omega-3 findings since brain injury researchers first started assessing the benefits over 20 years ago. 

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Brain Awareness Week - Our amazing brain and neurological research 

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Brain Awareness Week - Our amazing brain and neurological research 
We’ve selected 12 of the many events being promoted in the UK by the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) that highlight some of the astounding work being done to help us better understand the human brain. 

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For the love of Mum

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For the love of Mum
On Mother’s Day, Krysalis brain injury blogger, Anne Ricketts reveals how her brother’s death created a “strange dynamic” between her and her mother…

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Rare Disease Day 2021: 5 rare neurological diseases eased by neuro OT intervention

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Rare Disease Day 2021: 5 rare neurological diseases eased by neuro OT intervention
On Rare Disease Day 2021 (February 28), we focus on 5 rare neurological diseases eased by commonly used, yet uncommonly good, neuro occupational therapy practices. 

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