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.
