Occupational therapy (OT) teaches how to adapt in cases where there is failure to adapt normally and grow intellectually for example in the case of intellectual disability, autism and help perform any kind of task at school, work, or in your home.

Who Needs Occupational Therapy?
Anyone who struggles to do any kind of task may need it.

It helps children with birth defects, brain injury, ADHD, Autism, Intellectual Disability, Fine motor problems, Gross motor problems, Sensory Issues, Cerebral Palsy, Mental health and other behavioral issues, juvenile arthritis, or severe injuries or burns. In adults it can help with patients of: Arthritis and chronic pain, Stroke, Brain injury, Joint replacement, Spinal cord injury, Low vision, Alzheimer’s disease

It can help you do specific things like:

• Eat without help from others
• Take part in leisure activities
• Do office work
• Bathe and get dressed
• Do laundry or clean up around the house

It is performed by people who have special training in occupational therapy, called as Occupational Therapists. (OTs). They work with people of all ages, from premature babies to young children, adults in midlife, and seniors. Occupational therapy may involve:

• Assessment of needs accurately
• Physical Exercises depending on disability
• Movement therapy
• Improving coordination, and motor skills and handwriting
• Prescribe and train to use assistive devices like raised toilet seats or wheelchairs
• Teach new ways to button a shirt, tie your shoes, get in and out of the shower, or work on your computer
• Brain Gym
• Help older adults prevent falls in their home or in public areas
• Treat adults who’ve had a stroke to improve balance, change their home to prevent injuries, build muscle strength, or adapt to their memory or speech problems
• Organizing medications or household tools
• Addressing behavioral problems in kids who act out or hit others
• Sensory therapy