Outcome of Occupational Therapy

What are the Skills Targeted by OT in Autistic Individuals?

The main objective of occupational therapy is to assist the autistic person in enhancing their quality of life both at home and at school. To enable individuals with autism to be as independent as possible, the therapist assists in the introduction, maintenance, and improvement of abilities. Some of the abilities that occupational therapy may promote are as follows:

• Daily living abilities like using the lavatory, getting dressed, brushing the teeth and other personal hygiene

• Fine motor abilities to grasp an object while writing or using scissors.

• Gross motor skills necessary for bicycling, walking, and climbing stairs

• Posture, sitting, or perceptual abilities including the ability to distinguish between colours, shapes, and sizes

• Being conscious of one's body and how it relates to other people

• Visual comprehension for both writing and reading

• Play, social skills, self-help, coping, problem solving, and communication

Through practicing these abilities in occupational therapy, an autistic kid might be able to:

• Establish relationships with adults and other peers.

• Acquire the ability to concentrate on assignments.

• Discover how to postpone satisfaction.

• Express their emotions in more suitable ways.

• Play with their friends.

• Acquire self-control.