Blog - Institute for Sex & Occupational Therapy

I’m thrilled to announce that porn is getting a spotlight front and center in AJOT’s July/August “The Issue Is…” Section. In my career, I’ve always found that what is a regular and daily occurrence for me, is often quite unique within the OT profession. That is to say, I talk about porn all day long. So, I was both honored and excited when Dr. E...

Over the last 2 years, I conducted 3, 4 month trainings, followed by a 3 month train-the-trainer program with Ukrainian healthcare providers who work with veterans – some of them combat veterans themselves. This was some of my most rewarding and meaningful work to date. Because of my work at Walter Reed, talking about sex amongst the chaos of war will always live in a special...

What you’re about to read is an interview between our founder, Dr. Kathryn Ellis, OTD, OTR/L, CSOT, FAOTA, AASECT-SC, and Scott (name changed for confidentiality)—a disabled adult with significant physical and mobility challenges. Scott has had over 25 surgeries and has worked with OTs since childhood. Despite decades of OT intervent...

This blog is written by my friend, Scott (*name changed for confidentiality). Scott and I started emailing back in 2020. Recently, I asked him if he’d be willing to share his story which includes examples of Occupational Therapy shortcomings, as well as the lived narrative of a person with a disability trying and eventually succeeding to access sex. I am so so grateful to Sco...