Today was the most interesting lesson I've ever had.
Obviously working as an OT you would have to deal with people with special needs
So today we had a taste of how it was like to be visually and physically impaired.
I was moving around the uni campus on a wheelchair and it was actually fun for the first few minutes till i had to maneuver myself around lecture theatres and around the canteen.
Passing through the doors was such a challenge and neither can i get the drinks that i want on the high shelves.
Later in the day my task was to go to Bunnings to get some gardening tools.
Going out in public was awkward cause for once i could not walk through short cuts and such but took a longer route to get into the warehouse and getting stares from people made everything a whole lot worse.
So anyways,the second task which i had to fulfil was visual impairment whereby i had on these glasses that gave me tunnel vision and diabetic retinopathy.
I had to say it was quite a challenge to climb stairs and to find resources on the internet.
Overall through this exercise i can actually understand why clients get frustrated and why they act the way they do during rehabilitaion.

Am going to go into my placement into a rehab centre this Friday.
Am so very nervous...cause i am actualluy going to deal with real life patients and no longer theory based in the comfort of my class.
I just hope i wont screw up cause this whole excercise is 40% of my overall grades this semester...
Wish me luck!