Laura
Medical providers can offer much more than rosy or doom-and-gloom predictions when they consult with families of babies with congenital hand/arm differences.
Here are some questions that you may want to ask any specialist whom you consult about your child’s hand/arm development
Had I been able to articulate what support I needed as a child, here is what I would have requested of the adults in my life
I don’t know why my younger self was born with a little left hand, but I certainly have learned quite a few things about living this life that I wish I could have shared with a younger self
In my personal statement for my graduate school application, I explained how having OT as a child and later as a teen inspired my desire to pursue becoming an occupational therapist.
My childhood experiences receiving occupational therapy instilled a passion for my profession; as an adult, I marveled at the beauty of OT the first time I worked with a child with a similar hand difference.
In this reflection, I explore the question that I feared most in my life and how to ask it of someone else with a limb difference
Reflections on being asked about my difference and suggestions for practicing “scripts” with your child