How Two Letters Can Spell Hero


๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.โฃ


Many medical heroes have been celebrated these past few weeks and I want to remember the therapists among them. This is my friendย Samย and she is an Occupational Therapist.โฃ
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When the words dysgraphia and dyslexia came into my daily lexicon, I was scared. When attention deficit was added to that, I was terrified. How could the children I find to be so perfect struggle doing seemingly simple tasks? And how could I help them with something that brought me such fear?โฃ
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Enter OT. If you have a differential thinker, these two letters likely dominate your schedule, as well. The differences these professionals have made in the lives of my children, in my life is immeasurable.โฃ Today I celebrate those who understand how bouncing and swinging calm, that cursive is easier than printing and all the other ingenious entry points for our genius children.โฃ

But there are many ways that occupational therapy can help. Sam works with folks in assisted living. This is an especially vulnerable population right now and her work has developed a different level of difficulty, but each day, she leaves the comfort of her home and the smiles of her girls, dons a mask, and serves her patients.

This can be a thankless job. The faces on billboards and receiving food from everywhere are often not those teaching or re-teaching how to tie shoes or even how to eat with a spoon. So I am honoring Sam, and all the others who hold little hands just meeting the world and hands dotted with age recovering from a stroke.

Please help me say thank you to all the heroes out there. Helping us stay alive and helping us live. Do you have a therapeutic hero?
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