injured their backs during the situation. Because of the accident we visited a spine specialist‚ we were recommended ten therapy sessions with physical and occupational therapist. During that time I witnessed my family recuperate. At that moment occupational therapy seemed as a rational and inspiring career for my future. By witnessing an occupational therapy it allowed me to understand how important the career was in order to help individuals. Without the help of the therapist‚ my family wouldn’t have
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Next I’ll talk about how this field came about and grew in terms of poularity. Occupational therapy originally came avbout during the age of enlightenment in the 1700s. At that time the mentally ill were trated very poorly because they were considerd to be threats to society and as a result many of them were locked up or put insane asylums. And so In the late 1793‚ Phillipe Pinel and later on William Tuke began what was then called "moral treatment and occupation"‚ as an approach to treating people
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION It has been agreed that‚ in the caring profession‚ nurses from the largest group of which the principal mission is the nurturing of and caring for people in the human health experience. They provide around-the-clock services to patient in hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ long-term care facilities‚ as well as to clients using supportive and preventative programs and related community services (kipping‚ 2000:207) The nursing profession follows
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America is a country built on an innumerable web of inconsistencies. The pledge of allegiance ends with “liberty and justice for all‚” but in reality‚ throughout most of American history‚ that has truly meant “liberty and justice for cisgendered‚ heterosexual‚ able-bodied‚ neurotypical‚ adult white males.” To make things even more complicated‚ we are still struggling to define who can be racially classified as “white” even today. It seems as though in order for a group of people to be considered
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later‚ I have used each and every day as a stepping stone to obtain a degree in occupational therapy. I have accumulated over 350 volunteer hours‚ dedicated an entire summer to two young boys on the autism spectrum‚ and acquired a 400 hour occupational therapy internship for the upcoming spring semester in order to thoroughly prepare myself for my short-term goals; getting a masters degree and becoming an occupational therapist. If successful‚ I wish to work in geriatrics and perhaps one day become
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Segregation didn’t stop in 1954 when Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was implemented in 1954. This past decade‚ students attending separate and unequal schools have increased. The article‚ “The Resurgence of school segregation”‚ describes the increasing segregation trend of schools as the minority population grows at rapid lengths. Despite the growing diversity‚ minorities continue to be isolated from whites. The author’s describe whereas the average white person attends a school that is 4/5
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Discrimination and Segregation have both had many harmful effects on society in the past and exist when individuals are treated unfairly because of their particular race‚ gender‚ age‚ ethnic group‚ physical disability‚ or religion. Discrimination and segregation both poison the atmosphere of trust that we need in order to live peacefully. In the video “Separate but Equal”‚ there are many incidences to prove that racism‚ segregation‚ and discrimination all have negative effects. The
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I wish to become an occupational therapist – a low-vision occupational therapist – first and foremost based on my personal experience with overcoming adversity associated with being visually impaired myself. When I was nine months old‚ I was involved in a car accident that left me legally blind in both eyes. Throughout my life I have continually faced challenges – both simple and more complex – and have found a way through most. I want to be able to help those who are going through very similar circumstances
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Racial segregation is the “practice of separating people spatially or socially on the basis of (their) race…” (Book 205)‚ which is defined as “a group of people who share a set of characteristics…deemed by society as being socially significant” (book207). Ironically‚ racial segregation continues today in the form of racial residential segregation‚ which is a persistent and complicated problem that was not solved through the “civil rights movement of the 1960’s” (Book 207). However‚ to thoroughly
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argued decades before. Segregation has been a tool utilized often by old white supremacists in order to maintain any semblance of “historical hierarchy” within the US and more specifically the south. To the people of today it can be easy to peer back into history during this time and to judge the situation based on our current privileges. However‚ these privileges
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