Enablement through Provision of Assistive Technology: Case Reports of Two Children with Physical Disabilities

Abstract

Children with physical disabilities may experience occupational deprivation due to a poor fit between their physical skills and the surrounding environment. Assistive technology may facilitate occupational engagement in children with physical disabilities and mitigate their experience of occupational deprivation. This practice analysis explored, through case reports, occupational engagement changes for two pre-teen girls with physical disabilities pre and post provision of technology. Once provided with appropriate assistive technology, each child participated in meaningful occupation. These powerful stories of occupational engagement could encourage occupational therapists to consider how occupational deprivation may be reduced through assistive technologies among children with physical disabilities.

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Occupational deprivation occupational engagement paediatrics

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