Cognishine Sweeps Five First-Place Wins at the 2025 Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards
We’re thrilled to announce that Cognishine has won five major categories at the 2025 Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards—an unprecedented achievement that reinforces our mission to revolutionize digital occupational therapy.
Held at the National Conference Center in Birmingham on June 20, the annual ceremony celebrated innovation, excellence, and impact across the OT field. This year, Cognishine proudly took home five first-place awards across both professional and supplier categories, positioning us as a standout leader in therapeutic technology.
🏆 Cognishine’s 2025 Award Wins:
1. Best Start-Up (for the second year in a row!)
Recognized for redefining digital occupational therapy, Cognishine was honored for its personalized, evidence-based platform that empowers OTs with inclusive, client-centered tools.
2. Excellence in Technology
Our device-agnostic platform earned praise for eliminating access barriers, enabling therapy via QR codes or links without downloads or logins—allowing clients to engage on any device.
3. Excellence in Software and Software Development
Cognishine’s agile SaaS platform was celebrated for its therapist-driven innovation, including our new adaptive reshuffling engine that personalizes activity workflows based on caseload and context.
4. Excellence in Telecare
We were recognized for transforming remote therapy delivery through seamless integration with any teleconferencing tool and shared self-practice boards that clients can access instantly from home.
5. Bright New Star
Cognishine was hailed as a rising force in the OT landscape, driving clinical impact, cultural relevance, and future-ready digital solutions that support clinicians and clients alike.
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A Legacy of Innovation: Building on 2024’s Success
At the 2024 Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards, Cognishine made its debut with several honors, including:
• 🏆 Best Start-Up
• 🏅 Award of Merit – Excellence in Technology
• 🏅 Award of Merit – Bright New Star
These early recognitions reflected the strength of our clinical model and the growing enthusiasm from therapists who co-create the platform with us. In just one year, we’ve evolved from a promising start-up into a multi-award-winning leader in the OT space.
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A Word of Thanks
We extend our deepest gratitude to the Occupational Therapy Excellence Awards organizers for creating such a meaningful platform to celebrate innovation and impact in our profession.
A heartfelt thank-you also goes to the 2025 judging panel—
Suzy Baker, SEND Educational Content Lead, Twinkl
Matthew Box, Director, Inclusion.me
Joanna Sale, Director, Dignity Access
Kate Sheehan, Director, KSOT
“These awards reflect the collective vision and passion of our clinical partners, design team, and the thousands of therapists who inspire every feature we build. We’re honored to be recognized across so many categories this year, and we remain deeply committed to empowering occupational therapists and other allied health therpaists, with tools that are smart, simple, and made for real-world impact.”
— Adi Topaz, COO, Cognishine
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Looking Ahead
This year’s awards confirm our trajectory: innovation led by clinicians, simplicity powered by technology, and outcomes shaped by real-world therapeutic goals. As we continue expanding our content library, improving accessibility, and introducing new capabilities across the platform, we remain committed to supporting therapists, empowering clients, and making cognitive rehabilitation more engaging, inclusive, and effective.
We share these honors with the entire Cognishine community—our therapists, partners, clients, and team—who make this work possible.
Read the full results HERE
