My OT Area of Interest

I have always been one who wanted to dip my toes in to several areas of occupational therapy. I like the thought of outpatient clinics, geriatrics, and have put some thought into specialized areas as well, but one area that has stood out to me the most, has been pediatrics. I have volunteered for a pediatric organization called The Rein-Bow Riding Academy for the past 3 years and have loved every minute of it. It is where those with disabilities and special needs come to have therapy on horses. It has been so rewarding,

A Look into Different Era's

This week, I have had the opportunity to learn about the 1940's through 2010's, with an occupational therapy spin on things. Each group had a decade and for me that group was the 1990's.
However, I learned so much through each decade that was presented. I want to start off with three pieces of information that stood out to me the most, those include: the first successful kidney transplant that happened in 1952, the first artificial heart made out of titanium and plastic was implanted in 2001, and the first ever black hole was pictured in space during the 2010's.

Now, throughout our presentations as a whole, we wanted to make sure we touched on the changes that were happening in our field of occupational therapy. In the middle of the 2000's, the bionic arm was created for a man, that just wanted to get back to living like he did before he lost both of his arms. He wanted it to provide