Hannah - OT in Deaf mental health
@hannahtheot.bsky.social
NHS Occupational Therapist in Deaf mental health👋🏻 / she/her / BSL Level 6 & training in BSL interpreting 🫶🏻/ hearing/ Disabled / Views my own 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Did the Covid enquiry include the lack of British Sign Language interpreters?
Deaf people were forgotten about during lockdowns and covid health information.
Deaf people were forgotten about during lockdowns and covid health information.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Did the Covid enquiry include the lack of British Sign Language interpreters?
Deaf people were forgotten about during lockdowns and covid health information.
Deaf people were forgotten about during lockdowns and covid health information.
Our MOHOSTs assessment forms do not have a section for pain specifically.
I think we need a specific section for fatigue and pain. Because both highlight the experiences that lead to not being able to do occupations & could help with PIP applications
Thoughts?
I think we need a specific section for fatigue and pain. Because both highlight the experiences that lead to not being able to do occupations & could help with PIP applications
Thoughts?
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Our MOHOSTs assessment forms do not have a section for pain specifically.
I think we need a specific section for fatigue and pain. Because both highlight the experiences that lead to not being able to do occupations & could help with PIP applications
Thoughts?
I think we need a specific section for fatigue and pain. Because both highlight the experiences that lead to not being able to do occupations & could help with PIP applications
Thoughts?
Trying to learn about HRT & EDS and the webinar I’m watching the (male) doctor refers to people going through menopause as “ladies” and referred to the male partners. He also made sure to say that men also go through a change and “it’s important to say”. <
www.ehlers-danlos.org/information/...
www.ehlers-danlos.org/information/...
Webinar: Menopause and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
www.ehlers-danlos.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trying to learn about HRT & EDS and the webinar I’m watching the (male) doctor refers to people going through menopause as “ladies” and referred to the male partners. He also made sure to say that men also go through a change and “it’s important to say”. <
www.ehlers-danlos.org/information/...
www.ehlers-danlos.org/information/...
OT assessments:
Our assessments have always included aspects of ability as well as challenges; however now with the PIP cuts, I feel like if I write anything someone CAN do on a MOHOST, it would be used to cut that persons benefits.
Our assessments have always included aspects of ability as well as challenges; however now with the PIP cuts, I feel like if I write anything someone CAN do on a MOHOST, it would be used to cut that persons benefits.
June 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
OT assessments:
Our assessments have always included aspects of ability as well as challenges; however now with the PIP cuts, I feel like if I write anything someone CAN do on a MOHOST, it would be used to cut that persons benefits.
Our assessments have always included aspects of ability as well as challenges; however now with the PIP cuts, I feel like if I write anything someone CAN do on a MOHOST, it would be used to cut that persons benefits.
I still have twitter but don’t use it. Now I don’t use it, it’s now relentlessly sending JKR & far right shyte notifications. I never used to get this. I guess now I’m not feeding it, it reverts to its default.
Kept it for the contacts.
Kept it for the contacts.
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I still have twitter but don’t use it. Now I don’t use it, it’s now relentlessly sending JKR & far right shyte notifications. I never used to get this. I guess now I’m not feeding it, it reverts to its default.
Kept it for the contacts.
Kept it for the contacts.
Does anyone else think it’s a bit dangerous that the NHS app information is wrong?
I have wrong referrals, wrong diagnosis, wrong medication, wrong requests for action, old appointments which weren’t outcomes etc 🙃
I have wrong referrals, wrong diagnosis, wrong medication, wrong requests for action, old appointments which weren’t outcomes etc 🙃
May 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Does anyone else think it’s a bit dangerous that the NHS app information is wrong?
I have wrong referrals, wrong diagnosis, wrong medication, wrong requests for action, old appointments which weren’t outcomes etc 🙃
I have wrong referrals, wrong diagnosis, wrong medication, wrong requests for action, old appointments which weren’t outcomes etc 🙃
Ok so who is going to nominate #Reunion for an Oscar, BAFTA etc?
This was INCREDIBLE
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This was INCREDIBLE
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Reunion
Convicted for murder, a deaf man fights for redemption – and revenge.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ok so who is going to nominate #Reunion for an Oscar, BAFTA etc?
This was INCREDIBLE
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This was INCREDIBLE
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Hannah - OT in Deaf mental health
Fellow OTs please sign this open letter from the wonderful @AbleOTUK opposing disability benefit cuts 💚
affinot.co.uk/2025/03/21/o...
#AbleOTUK #DisabilityRights #CoProductionNow
affinot.co.uk/2025/03/21/o...
#AbleOTUK #DisabilityRights #CoProductionNow
Open Letter from AbleOTUK: Opposing Cuts and Calling for Co-Production to Tackle the Real Barriers Faced by Disabled People.
We, as members of AbleOTUK, a network of occupational therapists with lived experience of disability, write to express our deep concerns regarding the recent announcement by Liz Kendall, Secretary …
affinot.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fellow OTs please sign this open letter from the wonderful @AbleOTUK opposing disability benefit cuts 💚
affinot.co.uk/2025/03/21/o...
#AbleOTUK #DisabilityRights #CoProductionNow
affinot.co.uk/2025/03/21/o...
#AbleOTUK #DisabilityRights #CoProductionNow
I often feel as an OT that I can’t do anything for patients anymore.
I’m starting to think the most beneficial thing is robust assessments which provide direct evidence for disability benefits.
But then I remember no one reads our OT assessments ☹️🙃
I’m starting to think the most beneficial thing is robust assessments which provide direct evidence for disability benefits.
But then I remember no one reads our OT assessments ☹️🙃
March 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I often feel as an OT that I can’t do anything for patients anymore.
I’m starting to think the most beneficial thing is robust assessments which provide direct evidence for disability benefits.
But then I remember no one reads our OT assessments ☹️🙃
I’m starting to think the most beneficial thing is robust assessments which provide direct evidence for disability benefits.
But then I remember no one reads our OT assessments ☹️🙃
But in all seriousness, I’m an OT in deaf mental health. I’m training to be a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter and yet I have hEDS & my hands/arms hurt.
My hands/wrists are so bendy that I’m injuring them by using BSL.
My hands/wrists are so bendy that I’m injuring them by using BSL.
March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
But in all seriousness, I’m an OT in deaf mental health. I’m training to be a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter and yet I have hEDS & my hands/arms hurt.
My hands/wrists are so bendy that I’m injuring them by using BSL.
My hands/wrists are so bendy that I’m injuring them by using BSL.
Closing Long Covid clinics is an act of evil to the victims of the pandemic. How dare they abandon these disabled people, each humans with value, no human is disposable
March 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Closing Long Covid clinics is an act of evil to the victims of the pandemic. How dare they abandon these disabled people, each humans with value, no human is disposable
So why am I seeing loads of anecdotal evidence online of OTs who are PIP advisors doing assessments and taking away support from disabled people?
🤔
🤔
March 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
So why am I seeing loads of anecdotal evidence online of OTs who are PIP advisors doing assessments and taking away support from disabled people?
🤔
🤔
I caught Influenza B. I don’t know where but it has been like Covid on steroids & I thought Covid was bad (all 7 times I’ve had it!)
I had the flu vaccine and feel like if I didn’t have it I’d be dead.
I bought a test online for £5 mainly because I was worried about bird flu!
I had the flu vaccine and feel like if I didn’t have it I’d be dead.
I bought a test online for £5 mainly because I was worried about bird flu!
March 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I caught Influenza B. I don’t know where but it has been like Covid on steroids & I thought Covid was bad (all 7 times I’ve had it!)
I had the flu vaccine and feel like if I didn’t have it I’d be dead.
I bought a test online for £5 mainly because I was worried about bird flu!
I had the flu vaccine and feel like if I didn’t have it I’d be dead.
I bought a test online for £5 mainly because I was worried about bird flu!
I just remembered when I was in 6th form college in 2001, we had “kinky day” every year where everyone (16-18yr old) would come to college in kinky clothing, bondage, one person came naked wrapped in cling film. Some men dressed up as women.
A little bit horrified now
A little bit horrified now
February 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I just remembered when I was in 6th form college in 2001, we had “kinky day” every year where everyone (16-18yr old) would come to college in kinky clothing, bondage, one person came naked wrapped in cling film. Some men dressed up as women.
A little bit horrified now
A little bit horrified now
Don’t blame the patients, it’s staff culture and frankly people who are cruel and abusive.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teenagers mocked by nurses at Skye House children's psychiatric unit
A BBC investigation finds some nurses were verbally abusive and cruel towards unwell teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Don’t blame the patients, it’s staff culture and frankly people who are cruel and abusive.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We had our first specialist Deaf mental health OT meet up online today! We were from all over England, and one from Ireland too 🤟🏻
February 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We had our first specialist Deaf mental health OT meet up online today! We were from all over England, and one from Ireland too 🤟🏻
Reposted by Hannah - OT in Deaf mental health
Fantastic opportunity
Deaf service
Job vacancy
Occupational therapy
Support Time Recovery Worker
Apply today
Please share
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Deaf service
Job vacancy
Occupational therapy
Support Time Recovery Worker
Apply today
Please share
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Job vacancy: Support Time Recovery Worker, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Prestwich | trac.jobs
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January 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Fantastic opportunity
Deaf service
Job vacancy
Occupational therapy
Support Time Recovery Worker
Apply today
Please share
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Manch...
Deaf service
Job vacancy
Occupational therapy
Support Time Recovery Worker
Apply today
Please share
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Manch...
I hate the other place. I’m here now, hello!
January 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I hate the other place. I’m here now, hello!
Recently I visited a mental health hospital which has a cat at the front door welcoming people. The cat has a badge and official role of “therapy cat”.
I think that’s brilliant. What do you think?
I think that’s brilliant. What do you think?
December 6, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Recently I visited a mental health hospital which has a cat at the front door welcoming people. The cat has a badge and official role of “therapy cat”.
I think that’s brilliant. What do you think?
I think that’s brilliant. What do you think?
TW sexual harassment
Respect BSL interpreters. Access isn’t a joke, BSL isn’t a joke. Deaf people aren’t a joke.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Respect BSL interpreters. Access isn’t a joke, BSL isn’t a joke. Deaf people aren’t a joke.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gregg Wallace accused of asking BSL translator to sign ‘big boobs’, ‘sexy bum’
Audience member who was at BBC live show claims MasterChef presenter was ‘disrespectful’ to interpreter
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:56 PM
TW sexual harassment
Respect BSL interpreters. Access isn’t a joke, BSL isn’t a joke. Deaf people aren’t a joke.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Respect BSL interpreters. Access isn’t a joke, BSL isn’t a joke. Deaf people aren’t a joke.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
When I worked on a mental health ward, here’s what Christmas tree 🎄 decorations were banned:
- fairy lights
- tinsel
- glass
- some plastic ornaments
- anything with wire
- some metal ornaments
- string
Basically paper chains were our friend & a tree with built in lights 🙂
- fairy lights
- tinsel
- glass
- some plastic ornaments
- anything with wire
- some metal ornaments
- string
Basically paper chains were our friend & a tree with built in lights 🙂
November 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
When I worked on a mental health ward, here’s what Christmas tree 🎄 decorations were banned:
- fairy lights
- tinsel
- glass
- some plastic ornaments
- anything with wire
- some metal ornaments
- string
Basically paper chains were our friend & a tree with built in lights 🙂
- fairy lights
- tinsel
- glass
- some plastic ornaments
- anything with wire
- some metal ornaments
- string
Basically paper chains were our friend & a tree with built in lights 🙂
Are you a health professional?
Are you aware of the Accessible Information Standard?
It seems most professionals I meet in my role have never heard of the legal duty to make healthcare accessible:
www.england.nhs.uk/about/equali...
Are you aware of the Accessible Information Standard?
It seems most professionals I meet in my role have never heard of the legal duty to make healthcare accessible:
www.england.nhs.uk/about/equali...
NHS England » Accessible Information Standard
Making health and social care information accessible From 1 August 2016 onwards, all organisations that provide NHS care and/or publicly-funded adult social care are legally required to follow the Acc...
www.england.nhs.uk
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Are you a health professional?
Are you aware of the Accessible Information Standard?
It seems most professionals I meet in my role have never heard of the legal duty to make healthcare accessible:
www.england.nhs.uk/about/equali...
Are you aware of the Accessible Information Standard?
It seems most professionals I meet in my role have never heard of the legal duty to make healthcare accessible:
www.england.nhs.uk/about/equali...