Richard Pryor (Meghan's case study)

Richard Pryor was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when he was in his forties. He was a famous American comedian and actor. Before he was diagnosed with MS, he had alcohol and drug addiction problems. He had a rough life growing up and developed depression as a young adult. He even set himself on fire in a depressive episode after taking drugs. Later, he was diagnosed with MS. He tried to perform as long as he could, but MS eventually halted his career. A great OT intervention would be to work on his memory skills to perform comedy routines. His short term goal would be to work on the performance in small chunks to build up to remembering the whole thing. 



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