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Occupational therapy explained for the people we work with.
The homepage lists the people we work with as a row of chips. Each one is a different question about what an occupational therapist actually does, so each one has a page here.
These describe the scope of the work: what an assessment looks at, what it is used for, and what tends to go wrong in the process. They are not clinical advice, and they do not promise results: what an assessment finds depends entirely on the person it is about.
For the referral process itself, the guides cover what belongs in a referral, what an FCA can and cannot decide, and how an assistive technology assessment runs.
- NDIS participants What OT covers under an NDIS plan, which supports it evidences, and how the assessment fits the plan cycle.
- Self-managed What self-managing means when you engage an OT: provider choice, invoicing, records, and what does not change.
- Plan-managed How plan management works when you engage an OT, who pays, what the service agreement is for, and what stays the same.
- Older adults How OT supports staying at home safely: falls risk, equipment, bathroom access, and the My Aged Care pathway.
- Neurodevelopmental conditions What an OT assessment covers for autistic adults and people with ADHD or related conditions: function, environment, and evidence.
- Neurological conditions How OT assessment works after stroke or brain injury and with progressive conditions: function, equipment and the home.
- Physical disability Equipment, access and daily function: what an OT assesses and how the evidence supports a funding request.
- Psychosocial & mental health What OT assessment covers when the barrier is psychosocial: daily routine, participation, and evidencing variable capacity.
- Chronic health conditions Pain, fatigue and endurance: how an OT assessment captures what a day actually costs.
- Intellectual disability Independence, safety and support levels: what OT assesses and how the person is kept at the centre of it.
- Genetic & congenital conditions Lifelong conditions and changing needs: what OT assessment covers and why review timing matters.