Occupational Therapy History Matters

Thanks. It's all about the nuance and meanings, as your post about occupational therapy showed so poignantly.

Me too. Hand crafted heirlooms are very precious.

Fantastic idea: a free online library about nurse effectiveness,
covering health equity, patient experience, provider satisfaction, value of care, and population health.

Something to replicate for #AlliedHealthProfessions #OccupationalTherapy

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Collective Memory and the Dutch East Indies | Unremembering Decoloniza Collective Memory and the Dutch East Indies: Unremembering Decolonization examines the afterlife of decolonization in the collective memory of the Netherlands.

Recommended reading about colonization and decolonization.
Big bonus: the online version is downloadable for free at:
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

Thanks very much. Love social media cos always learning from the sharing.

Extraordinary - a play set in an #OccupationalTherapy kitchen in a secure unit.
In London now ... Would love to know the back story.
Thanks @casmilus.bsky.social for sharing review.

Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...

Take heed!
An example - which concludes with a warning: 'we must be alert to the very real dangers of A.I. and its potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, the study of the past', courtesy of Gordon McKelvie
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/practice-his...

Screenshot of same question asked on Facebook page. Have @theRCOT Trustees decided not to mark solemn rememberance days? If so, why?

For the 4th time in a row @theRCOT has not marked a national commemoration. Nothing today about Remembrance Sunday 2025 on Facebook or Bluesky.
Only 'over and out' to OT Week.

Please explain this pattern of ... seems to be a deliberate strategy to ignore solemn rememberance. Why?

OT History Matters on X: "Respect: Remembrance Sunday When Armistice Day became Remembrance Sunday: https://t.co/IF3YB5u2GZ" / X Respect: Remembrance Sunday When Armistice Day became Remembrance Sunday: https://t.co/IF3YB5u2GZ

Good to see some #OccupationalTherapy organisations marking Remembrance Sunday. Thanks @elizabethcasson.bsky.social
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Postscript - from Canada - evolution of our knowledge!
'Occupational therapy has continually evolved to meet society's needs—from moral treatment to wartime rehabilitation, evidence-based practice, and advanced technology.'
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Post on Facebook OT4OT, dated 27.10.25.

2/2 Next example, 'reclaiming the heart of our work' - citing the deep roots in occupation - from the USA.

A Century of Occupational Therapy: Why the Next 100 Years Matter More Than Ever Introduction To coincide with World Occupational Therapy Day (27 October) and Occupational Therapy Week (3 - 9 November), Carolyne Hague outlines the vital contribution that occupational therapy makes...

1/2 Wow - lovely to see such pride in our #OTHistory
First from adult social services in the community, in the UK
socialworkwithadults.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/27/a...

Congratulations. Expecting your 'last hurrah' to be loud, proud and controversial to befit this honour!

Katharine Burrage: First woman grad of Lowell Textile School and pioneering occupational therapist 'Katie' in Lowell, 'Katharine' in Boston

Here is the link
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Bernie Zelitch | Substack This is my bio.... President...

New #OTHistory! Thanks for sharing Katharine Burrage's story, as told by Bernie Zelitch. Always keen to find forgotten pioneers.
Sharing with colleagues @_allisulli @ChrisAlterio any others who know much more about American founders/early proponents, than us.
substack.com/@berniezelit...?

'Health and care workers: the oath takers and defenders of the
right to health' - essential reading for anyone interested in international health systems and services.
www.icn.ch/news/un-spec...

It's a special day tomorrow 27 October.
International #OccupationalTherapy day at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT).
Why not celebrate and share with our community of 633,000 #OccupationalTherapists.

Anyone remember Wendy Wood's work - linking occupational therapy and primatology from the 1990s?
research.aota.org/ajot/article-a…
Anyone know of anything more recent?

Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins The conservationist, who died aged 91 on Wednesday, challenged how we relate to the natural world.

Oops, meant to add this from the BBC bbc.com/news/article...

Vale Jane Goodall, an extraordinary and innovative researcher of natural behaviour in real life settings.

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Love the title of this new book: Woman in Health Management - global revolutionaries.
Includes a chapter about Ann Beckett: A Pioneering Irish #OccupationalTherapist, by Judith Pettigrew, Mairead Cahill and Jennifer O’Mahoney.

We do too. A historic, meaningful icon replaced by a full stop in a rebranding exercise in 2022. Surely it's time to revert to hope and recovery?

It certainly is! Fantastic library- space for contemplation and inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

Curious image but the link works!

OT History Matters on X: "@jcreektv @DrWMB @tai_the_ot @DunfordCarolyn @theRCOT 3/7 Favourite example: MD Barr and EM Macdonald invited members of Ministry of Health Committee to make recommendations about supply, demand, training and qualifications of occupational therapists in new NHS. Occupational Therapy, October 1949 p26. https://t.co/N9LhLKbNrW" / X @jcreektv @DrWMB @tai_the_ot @DunfordCarolyn @theRCOT 3/7 Favourite example: MD Barr and EM Macdonald invited members of Ministry of Health Committee to make recommendations about supply, demand, training and qualifications of occupational therapists in new NHS. Occupational Therapy, October 1949 p26. https://t.co/N9LhLKbNrW

Respect to the pioneers of #OccupationalTherapy in each country around the world. Remarkable activists one and all.

Here's an example of Margaret Barr Fulton working in synergy with Evelyn Mary Macdonald:
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Well done Scotland - NHS Grampian for marking the centenary of Margaret Barr Fulton
www.nhsgrampian.org/100-years-si...

Presentation about innovative strategies to curate OT history on Thursday 12 February 2026.

Two presentations on Wednesday 11 February 2026: about OT education archives and local history- precursors of Occupational Therapy

Wow! 3 papers about #OTHistory on the @thewfot Congress programme in Bangkok in February 2026.

Thanks for sharing, so many wonderful stories and images.

Dr Justina Wilson – the ‘forgotten’ first female Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh It’s not often these days that we make a truly astonishing discovery about the history of our College, but in late June 2025, researchers in the Heritage team made such a discovery. For as long as any...

Well done to the Heritage Team @RCPEdin and @thecsp for correcting history (and obituary) of Dr Justina Wilson: to recognise a pioneering woman and her contribution to health.
www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/her...

Recommended reading: a moss bag is such an evocative metaphor. A giant step towards decolonising #OccupationalTherapy research. Free to read in Canadian Journal @CAOT_ACE
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