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New York State has announced a new refundable tax relief program for small businesses that target COVID-19-related expenses. The funds will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis until depleted. The COVID-19 Capital Costs Tax Credit Program is open to small independently owned businesses in New York State that have 100 employees or less, have …

NYS Practice Owners – Your Practice May Be Eligible for a Tax Credit Read More »

During my recent webinar on Coping Strategies to Overcome the Shortage of Therapists Looking for Work – Hiring, Recruitment, Retention and Engagement, one of the ideas discussed was offering assistance with helping to pay off student loans. The NYTimes recently had a great article by Ann Carrns discussing this. Here is a replay: Employers see …

Help Wanted: Help With Student Loans Given Read More »

Living longer can mean having a longer career, whether by choice or necessity. Stopping and starting isn’t easy, but it might be worth it. Reprinted from the NYTimes by Ron Lieber December 11 2021 You’re probably going to need to work longer than you imagined when you were first starting out. After all, you might live …

You’re Going to Work a Long Time. Here’s How to Build in Breaks. Read More »

Reprinted  from the NYTimes December 3rd 2021 – Written by  Pam Belluck who is a health and science writer whose honors include sharing a Pulitzer Prize and winning the Nellie Bly Award for Best Front Page Story. She is the author of Island Practice, a book about an unusual doctor. @PamBelluck There is sobering evidence …

Cognitive Rehab: One Patient’s Painstaking Path Through Long Covid Therapy Read More »

Reprinted from the NYTimes October 2021 By Christina Caron. This has been something I have been talking about for years. Wake up OTs!! This is a great niche market others will capture if you don’t. There is no mention of OT in this article. Managing A.D.H.D. Is Hard.These Coaches Want to Help. A growing crop …

Where are the OTs Jumping All Over This??? Living with A.D.H.D.?? A Coach Could Help Read More »

Of Wings and Wind – November 2 2021 My daughter was 2 when she was fitted for her first wheelchair. I cried because I feared the wheelchair meant a lifetime of dependence and frustration. When it arrived, I grimaced at its pink metal frame. But not my daughter! Her face lit up. Even then, its …

A Story Can Be Short But Powerful – Of Wings and Wind – Reprinted from the NYTimes Tiny Love Stories Read More »

Check out this  inspirational  interview with OT Jessica Chinn McMurdie – it is great to see the next generation of OT Entrepreneurs take shape: Here is the link to the full interview  on Medium.

Reprinted from the NYTimes 10/18/2021 By Shira Ovide Do you love audiobooks? “You have blind people to thank for that,” said Catherine Kudlick, director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University. The godfather of the book being read aloud through your smartphone headphones was Talking Books, the records developed in the 1930s in …

Disability Tools That Go Mainstream Read More »

Reprinted from the Smithtown News A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Marsiste Adolphe, Margaret Dominique-McLain, Mercedes Falcon, Tracy Gibson, Roselee Johnson, Jeannette Monclova, Manuel Moore, Kikelomo Ogundiran, and Dino Paolicelli with stealing more than $3 million from the New York State Early Intervention Program (the “EIP”), including more than …

A Very Cautionary Tale – Nine Therapists Arrested 10/26/2021 in NYC In Scheme To Defraud Program For Disabled Children Read More »