Ready, Set, CUE!
In my neuro aspects class, one assignment that I worked on was the media project. This is where each student is presented with a case study of a client with a neurological deficit impacting their occupational performance. We students then have to fabricate a device or tool that can be used during an intervention session or as an adaptive device using household items. For the case study, I was assigned, my client is diagnosed with right cerebral vascular (CVA) of the internal carotid artery with left neglect. CVA is just a fancy name for a stroke, and left neglect is a term describing a deficit in awareness/difficulty paying attention to items falling in the left hemisphere or just a general lack of awareness of anything on the left side. Prior to the diagnosis, my client had been very active. He recently retired as a postal worker, and he is an avid gardener and woodworker. The goal of the client is to return home after his discharge from the rehabilitation hospital and continue his ho
