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I want to be an OT

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Violetaspirations

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Hello,
I have decided I want to be an occupational therapist. I wanted to be a nurse, and I have told I would be good at that, but I probably would not be that good at the "counselling type" conversations with the patients. Plus a lot of the aspects of the job fit better with what I enjoy.

Does anyone know much about this job?
 
I had some OT for a while. It was very good for me. I am going to encourage you to do something you like and if you like OT, go for it. Nothing should hold you back.
 
AspiePie said:
Can you understand humans well... Because you need to be a people person?
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hmm yes I can quite... I would like to specialise in paediatric Occupational Therapy and I would understand children really well, but i may have room for improvement with other ages groups. However i would probably be alright considering you have to assisst the clients with something and its generally not unstructured conversation like that happens more in nursing. or so i have been told :)
 
im sure you are able to achieve this if you really want it. you seem to have thought about it a lot which is good and nothing is out of bounds to an aspie provided they work hard enough at it, Asperger's isn't a barrier just extra vindication upon success. aspies can be caring, understanding and patient and if you are those things and fit other criteria for being an OT then go for it.
 
You can do it, yes the social part will be a challenge, but you can learn it. It never comes naturally, but with practice, you can get pretty close to sounding as if it's natural to you.
 
It sounds as though you've really thought it through. I'm retraining at the moment to be a teacher's aide, because while I'm good at working with kids, a whole class full would be too much! I'm much better with one-on-one stuff.
 
Some of it may ironically come naturally for you, because maybe you have worked with an OT yourself in a way that you were able to catch on to some of the things they did for you! The patience is important. Even if you are not strong in some of those skills, if you really like it and feel that you would catch on with some hard practice and hard work, and if you can figure out how to best go about it as much as feasibly possible, then it is worth the risk.
 
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