Occupational Justice

My favorite class this semester is Occupation Justice. I realized that I can combine other disciplines that I've studied before into my budding career, such as sociology and social work. Occupational justice is a higher level of occupational therapy. It is a avenue of OT that allows for program development and bringing OT to under severed populations. As Rachel Thibeault (2006), a Canadian OT, discusses about helping people, "we try to find a way to meaning, balance, and justice. I chose occupational therapy because it blends science and humanism, intellectual rigour and compassion." I have the same view.

In regards to Occupational justice, Ot is a "relationship between people's dignified and meaningful participation in daily life and their experience of health, well-being, and quality of life" (Kronenberg & Pollard, 2005).

>>a side note, I realized I've been totally conditioned to cite my sources. I have to do it for everything I turn in at school, so it's become a habit.

I would love to incorporate this aspect of OT into my life-long career. I don't want to forget that. I'm afraid of getting wrapped up in a 9-5 job when I graduate and forgetting how much I loved this topic. I have high hopes of transforming the world.