Children
0 to 12 years
Play-based help with the everyday skills of childhood: getting dressed, handwriting, play, friendships, attention and sensory needs.
Occupational therapy across Sydney
Helping people thrive at every age and stage of life
OT Life is a boutique practice run by sisters Marina and Ana Radis. With over fifty years of combined experience, we help children, teens and adults with disability build the everyday skills, confidence and independence that make life easier, at home, at school and in the community.
No waiting list. No doctor’s referral needed.
Two experienced OTs, not a waiting room. You deal with Marina or Ana from the first phone call to the last session.
- No waiting list
- NDIS provider since 2015
- Home visits, schools and telehealth
- AHPRA-registered occupational therapists
Who is the support for?
How OT Life can help you and your family
Pick the page closest to you. Parents, adults, carers, support coordinators and GPs each have a clear path from here.
Teens and young adults
13 to 25 years
Independence, study, work, friendships and the move to adult life, for young people with physical, intellectual, sensory or psychosocial disability.
Adults
25 years and over
Practical support to manage daily life with a physical, cognitive, sensory or psychosocial disability: assessments, equipment, home modifications and skills.
Specialist areas
Expertise few Sydney practices offer
Ana led the Vision Education Service at RIDBC (now NextSense). Marina has spent her career prescribing complex assistive technology. If you have been looking for an OT who understands vision impairment, hearing loss or equipment, you have found two.
Blind and low vision
Children and adults
Specialist OT for children and adults with vision impairment, led by Ana, former Coordinator of the Vision Education Service at RIDBC (now NextSense).
Deaf and hard of hearing
Children and adults
OT that understands hearing loss, for Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults, including those with additional disability.
Assistive technology
Equipment and home modifications
Wheelchairs, seating, equipment, communication and access technology, and changes to the home, assessed, prescribed and funded.
How it works
From your first call to the first visit
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Get in touch
Ring, email or send the enquiry form. Tell us a little about who the support is for and what is hard right now. No doctor’s referral is needed.
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Paperwork sorted
We confirm how sessions will be funded (NDIS, Medicare plan, private health or privately), send the service agreement to sign on your phone, and book the first visit.
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First visit and assessment
At home, at school or online, we get to know you and the person we are supporting, look at the everyday things that matter, and agree on what to work towards.
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A plan, then sessions
You get a plain-language plan with goals you helped set. Sessions build the skills, adapt the environment or find the right equipment, and we adjust as life changes.
Where sessions happen
Therapy works best where life happens
So we come to you, or meet online when that suits better. There is no clinic to travel to.
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At home
Where routines actually happen: mornings, meals, play, homework and bedtime. Most families start here.
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Preschool and school
Alongside educators, so the strategies that work in a session work in the classroom and the playground too.
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In the community
Shops, parks, the bus, a workplace or a group home: wherever the goal is, that is where we practise it.
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By telehealth
Secure video sessions for families and adults anywhere in NSW, and for check-ins between visits.
Meet Marina and Ana
Sisters, occupational therapists, and easy to talk to
Marina and Ana graduated from the University of Sydney in the 1990s and have worked in Australia, the UK and the US with children and adults across every kind of diagnosis and setting. They started OT Life so that families and adults could get experienced, personal occupational therapy without a waiting list or a waiting room.
- Over fifty years of combined experience
- AHPRA-registered, with Medicare provider numbers
- NDIS provider since the scheme began in NSW in 2015
- Specialists in vision, hearing and assistive technology
Fees and funding
We work with the funding you already have
Plain answers about what sessions cost and how to pay for them, so money is never the reason you wait.
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NDIS
A registered NDIS provider since 2015, for self-managed and plan-managed participants under Early Childhood Supports and Therapeutic Supports (Capacity Building). NDIA-managed participants: ask us, we keep a short list.
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Medicare
Chronic Disease Management plans from your GP give a partial rebate on up to five sessions a calendar year. Sessions are paid in full and the rebate claimed back.
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Private health
Our therapists are AHPRA-registered with Medicare provider numbers, so eligible sessions can usually be claimed on extras cover. Ask us for the item code to check your rebate before the first visit.
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Privately
No plan or cover needed. Sessions are charged at the standard NDIS rate with a one-way travel charge, and invoiced after each visit.
Get in touch
Tell us what is going on
A few details are enough. Marina or Ana will ring or email you back, usually within a couple of business days, to talk through whether OT can help and what the first step would be.
- Prefer to talk?0400 415 209
- Or emailhello@otlife.com.au
- HoursMonday to Friday 7am–7pm, Saturday 7am–4pm
Questions
Things families ask before they get in touch
Do I need a doctor’s referral to see an occupational therapist?
No. You can make an appointment directly: send the enquiry form or give us a call. There is no waiting list, so we will do all we can to see you as soon as possible. A GP referral is only needed if you want to claim a Medicare rebate under a Chronic Disease Management plan.
What do sessions cost?
Sessions are charged at the standard NDIS rate for occupational therapy, whether or not you are an NDIS participant, plus a one-way travel charge at the NDIS rate for home, school and community visits. Reports and communication with other people involved in your care (a support coordinator, a teacher, another therapist) have standard fees too. We confirm every fee in writing before the first visit, so there are no surprises.
Can I use my NDIS plan?
Yes. OT Life has provided NDIS-funded occupational therapy since the scheme started in New South Wales in 2015, under the Early Childhood Supports and Therapeutic Supports (Capacity Building) categories. We support participants who are self-managed or plan-managed. If your plan is NDIA-managed, ask us: we keep a short list and will tell you honestly how long the wait is.
Which areas do you cover?
We are based in Sydney’s Inner West and visit clients across the Sydney metropolitan area: homes, preschools, schools, workplaces and group homes. Telehealth sessions are available anywhere in New South Wales.
What happens at the first visit?
The first visit is an assessment and a conversation. We look at the everyday things that are hard, the person’s strengths, and what you want to be different, then agree on goals together. For children it is play-based and parents are part of it; for adults it is a practical look at daily life, the home and any equipment. You leave knowing what we recommend and what happens next.
No waiting list
Ready to talk it through?
Tell us a little about who the support is for and what is hard right now. Marina or Ana will be in touch, usually within a couple of business days, and there is no waiting list.