happen over a series of years. Let’s think back to America in the 1930’s. The white race would treat the negro race very poorly‚ there was lynching‚ false accusations of blacks‚ and public segregation. Many books about this time were written to show how racist the whites were to the blacks. Racism and segregation in the 1930’s was crueler than in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee. Blacks and whites were kept separate in all public places at this time. Back then "in order to
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American justice was‚ Thurgood Marshall. Thurgood Marshall made a huge impact on segregation by ending racial segregation in public schools‚ fighting for justice‚ and being appointed several times. Thurgood Marshall attended a segregated school when he was young. When he became a Supreme Court Justice he ended school segregation. According to‚ CBN‚ Marshall in 1954‚ led the legal that challenged public school segregation in the courts. The case advanced to the Supreme Courts and resulted in a landmark
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between the black and white races. Throughout history‚ the term “separate but equal” mostly worked one way. Separate was honored‚ but equal was not. In the southern United States‚ segregation was legal in many places including restaurants‚ public schools‚ restrooms‚ and public transportation. By practicing legal segregation‚ the non-whites were forced to use second-rate facilities that were separate from the white facilities. Non-white people were treated poorly‚ because they were thought to be lower
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effect to subjugate African Americans. Though both of them have definitely had a very negative impact‚ I believe that policies and laws that affected residential segregation had more of an impact on African American lives than those that reduced wages for African Americans. Two of the major policies that have led to residential segregation and have made it have more of an impact on African American lives than those that reduced wages for African Americans are President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
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The occupational therapy perspective of occupation‚ health and wellbeing To be able to participate in one ’s own life‚ to do the things we want to do‚ and to competently perform the activities that form part of our daily‚ weekly or monthly routines‚ is a common goal for most people. This not only includes taking part in the basic activities of self-care‚ such as grooming and dressing‚ but also extends to our work and leisure activities. It is through doing things that we learn and develop as
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Capitol Lakes allowed me to expand my understanding of occupational therapy to the geriatric population. With my background in psychology‚ I was extremely thrilled and intrigued to observe and participate in cognitive assessments within the elderly population. Although other occupational therapists I previously shadowed communicated with other healthcare professionals regularly‚ volunteering at
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I was once told that Occupational Therapy (OT) is a rare blend of science and humanism‚ intellectual rigour and compassion‚ and when asked to reflect on my first year as an OT student‚ I simply could not agree more. When introduced to OT at the Wits Career’s Day I was instantly impressed by the wide scope of practice that OTs have after completing a basic degree and by the holistic nature of treatment. It is an application requirement of the Health Sciences department that each OT applicant completes
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asylems with occupational aids) realized that when there were given jobs and were meaningfullly occupied they got better quicker Dunton 1919: occupation is as necessary to life as food and drink; every human being should have both physical and mental occupations; all should have occupations which they engoy‚ or hobbies; sick minds‚ sick bodies and sick souls may be healthed thru occupation - thus ocupation was defined as both the domain of concern and the theapeutic medium of occupational therapy
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Community service also dramatically impacted my decision of becoming an occupational therapist‚ because I have always held community service as a high priority of mine. With the passion to give back to others and help other fellow individuals out‚ I knew I wanted to one day have a profession that allowed me to give back to my community‚ even if it was in an insignificant way. By becoming an occupational therapist and entering the health field I will be provided with endless opportunities to utilize
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were African American‚ Mexican or not American you would be discriminated against. Now what you’re thinking discrimination as in not letting people go into the same schools‚ not letting them eat at a restaurant with each other. You’re thinking of segregation and so on. But would you ever think about how African Americans would be put in different sections of a community‚ not getting the same equality as far as where garbage facilities are located and where other chemical companies are located and where
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