Speaking of.....OT

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/01/03/n-occupational-therapy-low-unemployment.cnnmoney OT has graced many headlines in the past: from raising public awareness about the practice and research, bunking/debunking the Autism and vaccinations “myths”, following the successful recovery of Gabby Giffords, to discovering the Ergo Wok (see link below). During the times when the drastically increasing unemployment rates are still plaguing the nation, one profession shows promise to those displaced workers looking for stability and higher salaries. CNN Money reports the Occupational Therapy profession as having one of the lowest unemployment rates: 2%. While nurses are waiting longer to retire resulting in longer waits for some graduates to enter the field and dental hygienists taking up to six to nine months to find work due to slacking demand, Occupational Therapy is reporting a staggering growth in the years to come. Here, just look at the following statistics: In Nev...

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.” ~   Mohandas K. Gandhi Most people are familiar with the abbreviation of "OT", but what is occupational therapy really? I’ve heard people answer, “Well, it goes hand-in-hand with Physical Therapy” or “We work with children with Autism.” Most Occupational Therapists stumble upon words trying to explain their profession. Yes, we work with children on the spectrum. Yes, our work is characteristic to that of the scope of Physical Therapy. But what sets Occupational Therapy apart from Physical Therapy is that the core of occupational therapy as a profession is held together by the concept of occupation; Occupation, or any activity, which is meaningful, or necessary, to an individual to live a full, independent life. It is an Occupational Therapy mantra that occupation can facilitate the restoration of function. Henceforth, OTs use "functional" act...