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Occupational Therapy on the Internet

A selection of useful sites to help you in your studies. If you know of a site that you think should be included in this guide please send it to Chloe Powell

AbilityHub-Assistive Technology Solutions

Assistive Technology for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible. This web site will direct you to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers.
http://www.abilityhub.com/

American Occupational Therapy Association

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is to support a professional community for members and to develop and preserve the viability and relevance of the profession. The organization serves the interests of its members, represents the profession to the public, and promotes access to occupational therapy services. AOTA offers continuing education programs for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Information is available to the public about the role of occupational therapy in promoting functional independence, preventing disability, and maintaining wellness.
http://www.aota.org/

Australian Department of Health and Aged Care

The Department provides access to key health and family services. This page includes information about the department including it's history structure, executives and ministers, contacts, and a directory of publications. Note : Many of the Department of Health's publications are in pdf format and therefore can only be viewed with Adobe Acrobat software. Publications include the annual report, and budget papers and corporate plan.
http://www.health.gov.au/

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ( AIHW ) is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information.
http://www.aihw.gov.au/index.cfm

Directory of Sites in Occupational & Environmental Health

This Directory is an important part of the Health, Environment and Work website. It provides hundreds of selected World Wide links on human Health, the Environment & Work.
http://www.agius.com/hew/links/

Ergonomics Website-Cornell University

CUErgo presents information from Ergonomics research studies and class work, conducted by Professor Alan Hedge and the Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics Research Group (CHFERG) in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University. The site focuses on ways to improve usability, comfort, performance and health, through the better ergonomic design of hardware, software, and workplaces.
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu//

Home Modification and Maintenance Information Clearing House

A site developed for the gathering, collating, summarising, analysing and disseminating of home modification information.
www.homemods.info//

Occupational Performance Model (Australia)

This site has been established to facilitate the dissemination of material about this model of occupational performance, and to encourage dialogue among the international occupational therapy community about occupational performance.
http://www.occupationalperformance.com/

OT Australia - Australian Association for Occupational Therapists

OT Australia is the peak body representing occupational therapy in Australia. It promotes the science and art of occupational therapy, its development, use and practice in Australia, and its on-going relevance and contribution to consumers and society.
http://www.ausot.com.au/

OT Evidence

This Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy Web-portal has been designed to provide strategies, knowledge and resources to aid occupational therapists in finding out about and using evidence.
http://www.otevidence.info

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