Mission
What's On Our Vision Board?
We aim to deliver high-quality, ND-Affirming occupational therapy to elevate the standard of care for Autistic people and position OT as their most aligned support and effective ally.
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Modelling the numbers
Finding an OT who actually works this way is genuinely hard.
Neuroaffirming is a buzzword now, but nuanced OT for Autism and AuDHD across the whole lifespan is not a common specialty anywhere in Canada. It is a rounding error. To show why, here is the arithmetic worked through one province.
occupational therapists registered in British Columbia
One province, used as the illustration.
British Columbia is used as a worked example because its registration figures are public; the pattern, not the precise count, is the point. The first and last figures are counts; the steps between are estimates derived from published Canadian workforce trends (CHCPBC licensure statistics; CIHI, Occupational Therapists in Canada, 2024; Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy). Canada has no autism or neurodevelopmental specialty certification for occupational therapists.
Neurodiversity-affirming occupational therapy across the lifespan is rare across Canada. Worked as an example in one province: as of 2024 there were 3,340 occupational therapists registered in British Columbia. About 2,600 work in direct clinical care. About 650 of those work in the private sector. Roughly 150 work in paediatrics or developmental habilitation. An estimated 40 carry a majority Autistic or AuDHD caseload. An estimated 20 work with Autistic and AuDHD clients across the whole lifespan. Nine of them work at Everyday OT.