Last week our class participated in an assistive technology lab with some speech pathology students from the University of Memphis. I was very excited to not only to learn about assistive technology in our field, but also to learn more about speech pathology. One SLP student taught a few of us the basics of using a Proloquo2Go Crescendo core word board to help nonverbal clients communicate with others. We practiced using the board, and I found it surprisingly difficult to use! I think it is very cool how people can use apps on iPads to design their own boards with words that they use often to communicate more efficiently. I found that the worlds of both speech and occupational therapy are very client-centered, making interventions and devices adaptable for each individual's lifestyle. Assistive technology opens countless doors for individuals with disabilities who seem to be in hopeless situations. I look forward to incorporating assistive technology into my future practice as an occupational therapist.
For this assignment, I decided to watch a movie called The Fundamentals of Caring. The title of this movie had caught my eye while scrolling through Netflix a few times before, but I had never taken the time to watch it. This movie is about a retired author named Ben who decides to enroll in a class and become a caregiver. He takes on a full time job caring for a boy named Trevor who has muscular dystrophy. Although Ben has no previous experience as a caregiver, it does not take long for him to gain the respect of Trevor. He decides to get Trevor out of the house and away from his dull daily routine to embark on a road trip together. Trevor saw and experienced things that he would never have had the chance to do before Ben came into his life. Ben made sure that Trevor could check things off of his bucket list without solely focusing on the worry of medicines and treatments for a week. My main takeaway from this movie was how Ben did not treat Trevor differently...
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