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online helvetica, capsule sans-serif;">The occupational therapist (OT) is one of the most important support professional for patients with AT. His role is to find ways and techniques to enable people to remain independent as long as possible in the acts of daily life, decease that is to say:

Areas of expertise


Where the role of the physiotherapist is to maintain the tool "human body" operative, the OT will work on its use, especially on:

For this, the OT offers:

Goals are adapted to the age of the patient with AT:

Ataxia telangiectasia and Occupational Therapy


The problems faced by the OT in ataxia telangiectasia are:

Compensatory techniques


To perform various actions, children with AT develop their own techniques to stabilize and succeed.
While some are naturally interesting and effective, we must be careful that they do not jeopardize their evolution, that is to say that the habit of using a self-taught technique prevents later adaptation to perform more complex things. Others may also cause long-term skeletal deformities (vicious attitudes).

It is the role of the occupational therapist to guide them and teach them the right techniques. For example:

Equipment


There are a wide range of equipment on the market designed to meet the specific needs of people with disabilities in all aspects of their daily lives. But often, some ideas and the talent of a handyman may be sufficient to solve a problem. You will find in the chapter " Daily Life "a range of what, at one time or another, may be helpful to your child. This is clearly the role of the OT to guide you in this choice. Do not hesitate to ask his advice for simple things but also to equip your home, at school or at the place of other activities.