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Empowered Homes: Strategies for Living with Neurodiversities

Objectives:
-Describe Intuitive Design for people with neuro cognitive differences
-Identify 3 concepts to support Everyday participation within the home
-Learn how the home environment affects function and behavior

Listen to the Podcast

  • 4:56 – What is neurodiversity
  • 7:14 – Common symptoms
  • 12:24 – Minimize stress
  • 14:20 – Hierarchy of our environment
  • 17:36 – Comfort of home
  • 22:42 – Examples inhibiting and enriching participation
  • 24:29 – Sensory system processing
  • 26:23 – Lighting matters and color palette
  • 28:51 – The environment and wellness
  • 32:35 – Sensory spaces beyond the bedroom
  • 34:41 – Questions
Dr. Emily Reilly

Dr. Emily Reilly, MSOTR/L, ECHM is the founder/CEO of Purposefully Home located in Scottsdale, Arizona. She practices as an occupational therapist and provides functional living consultation to clients to improve the way the home space enhances the resident’s lifestyle. Integrating skills as an occupational therapist and certified home modification professional, Dr. Reilly has helped create solutions to enhance the way families maintain their daily roles, routines and interests. Many people wish to remain in their home for as long as possible and that is the goal for each client served. Purposefully Home is a boutique consulting agency providing education, advocacy and limitless potential to each client, caregiver and community member served.

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