Friday 15 July 2016

Occupational Therapy & Environment Matters.

Occupational Therapist in the Community My experiences of walking in behind over 1000 doors

 informs me of one main message; Environment Matters on all levels. This is what the Occupational

Therapist will realise when sooner or later the penny drops that often peoples' issues are inextricably

linked to the context in which they live. This is often viewed as on many different levels and will

affect people on the physical i.e. tripping over carpets or no access to the outside world;

psycholgoically alienated from a fast moving world where more and more people are eking out their

lives in isolation having th eonly companion the TV to keep them company. A Tv that hypnotises

peoples minds to afford them very little personal power and instead serves to diminish peoples inner

power and personal responsibility to themselves. In my new book:

I will be looking at how environments matter to people if they

are young and disabled; when they are old and disabled and for

everyone else when you are growing up; when you have been

ill and how our environments align with what lies within us.