Monday, July 21, 2008

Amazing Definition of OT

How OTs Feel They Can Help...

Through carefully selected purposeful activities, application of assistive technology and environment modification, OT enables people facing physical and/or mental challenges to develop and expand their functional potentially. This enhances their independence level and adaptability in coping with their personal daily living, vocational, social and leisure activities; and eases them to live a quality life and reintegrate themselves into their own community.

From "Occupations & Activites: A Revisit of OT's Core Values in the Local Context"
Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2007 17, 1 34-36
by Samuel Chan

From what I have found, this definition comes the closest to what OTs do - I love it.

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