Occupational Therapy History Matters
@othistorymatters.bsky.social
Spent three years (July 2021-July 2024) ranting and raving about electic mix of #OccupationalTherapy histories from around the world on Twitter. Now mainly editing and creating on Wikipedia.
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...
First from adult social services in the community, in the UK
socialworkwithadults.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/27/a...
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...
socialworkwithadults.blog.gov.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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...
First from adult social services in the community, in the UK
socialworkwithadults.blog.gov.uk/2025/10/27/a...
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...?
Sharing with colleagues @_allisulli @ChrisAlterio any others who know much more about American founders/early proponents, than us.
substack.com/@berniezelit...?
Bernie Zelitch | Substack
This is my bio.... President...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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...?
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...
right to health' - essential reading for anyone interested in international health systems and services.
www.icn.ch/news/un-spec...
UN Special Rapporteur recognizes ICN's impact in major report on health workers as "Defenders of the Right to Health"
www.icn.ch
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
'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...
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.
International #OccupationalTherapy day at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT).
Why not celebrate and share with our community of 633,000 #OccupationalTherapists.
October 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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.
International #OccupationalTherapy day at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT).
Why not celebrate and share with our community of 633,000 #OccupationalTherapists.
Vale Jane Goodall, an extraordinary and innovative researcher of natural behaviour in real life settings.
October 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Vale Jane Goodall, an extraordinary and innovative researcher of natural behaviour in real life settings.
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.
Includes a chapter about Ann Beckett: A Pioneering Irish #OccupationalTherapist, by Judith Pettigrew, Mairead Cahill and Jennifer O’Mahoney.
September 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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.
Includes a chapter about Ann Beckett: A Pioneering Irish #OccupationalTherapist, by Judith Pettigrew, Mairead Cahill and Jennifer O’Mahoney.
It certainly is! Fantastic library- space for contemplation and inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It certainly is! Fantastic library- space for contemplation and inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
Well done Scotland - NHS Grampian for marking the centenary of Margaret Barr Fulton
www.nhsgrampian.org/100-years-si...
www.nhsgrampian.org/100-years-si...
100 years since UK's first qualified occupational therapist took up post in Aberdeen
www.nhsgrampian.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Well done Scotland - NHS Grampian for marking the centenary of Margaret Barr Fulton
www.nhsgrampian.org/100-years-si...
www.nhsgrampian.org/100-years-si...
Wow! 3 papers about #OTHistory on the @thewfot Congress programme in Bangkok in February 2026.
September 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Wow! 3 papers about #OTHistory on the @thewfot Congress programme in Bangkok in February 2026.
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...
www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/her...
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...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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...
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
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Fascinating history of the South African Journal of Occupational Therapy from 1953 to 2025.
Exemplary open access since 2023; plus archives from 2010.
Serves as a model for all those journals that restricit #OccupationalTherapy knowledge to a few.
journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajo…
Exemplary open access since 2023; plus archives from 2010.
Serves as a model for all those journals that restricit #OccupationalTherapy knowledge to a few.
journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajo…
https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajo…
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Fascinating history of the South African Journal of Occupational Therapy from 1953 to 2025.
Exemplary open access since 2023; plus archives from 2010.
Serves as a model for all those journals that restricit #OccupationalTherapy knowledge to a few.
journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajo…
Exemplary open access since 2023; plus archives from 2010.
Serves as a model for all those journals that restricit #OccupationalTherapy knowledge to a few.
journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajo…
A devastating critique of an uncurated, uncatalogued collection @profdanhicks.bsky.social
A new museum/archive/warehouse in London with 'at least a thousand unlabelled items sitting on the shelves. There’s no way of finding out what they are'. Extraordinary!
artreview.com/what-isnt-at...
A new museum/archive/warehouse in London with 'at least a thousand unlabelled items sitting on the shelves. There’s no way of finding out what they are'. Extraordinary!
artreview.com/what-isnt-at...
What Isn’t at the V&A Storehouse
You can’t escape it: this is the same colonial museum we know, in a shiny new suit
artreview.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A devastating critique of an uncurated, uncatalogued collection @profdanhicks.bsky.social
A new museum/archive/warehouse in London with 'at least a thousand unlabelled items sitting on the shelves. There’s no way of finding out what they are'. Extraordinary!
artreview.com/what-isnt-at...
A new museum/archive/warehouse in London with 'at least a thousand unlabelled items sitting on the shelves. There’s no way of finding out what they are'. Extraordinary!
artreview.com/what-isnt-at...
Fabulous resource: so easy to navigate and full of fascinating histories.
Thanks @remakingbritain.bsky.social
Thanks @remakingbritain.bsky.social
We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Fabulous resource: so easy to navigate and full of fascinating histories.
Thanks @remakingbritain.bsky.social
Thanks @remakingbritain.bsky.social
Botley's Park was one of the first #OccupationalTherapy training schools in the UK, opening in January 1949 with 6 students. It provided a rare opportunity to gain experience of working with people with profound learning disabilities. Training ended in 1976.
A brief history Wilcock's 2002 book.
A brief history Wilcock's 2002 book.
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is Botleys Park Hospital (est 1932) #Chertsey a mental health asylum
The Nurses' Home was the rather grand 'mansion house'!
See more of the #RCNArchives badge collection 👀
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The Nurses' Home was the rather grand 'mansion house'!
See more of the #RCNArchives badge collection 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
July 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Botley's Park was one of the first #OccupationalTherapy training schools in the UK, opening in January 1949 with 6 students. It provided a rare opportunity to gain experience of working with people with profound learning disabilities. Training ended in 1976.
A brief history Wilcock's 2002 book.
A brief history Wilcock's 2002 book.
Exemplary advocacy and activism: OT Mental Health Parity Act, led by Congressmen Tim Kennedy & Zach Nunn.
'It’s about giving folks meaningful tools to stay independent, safe, and healthy.' Rep. T. Kennedy #OccupationalTherapist in USA Congress. More at kennedy.house.gov/news/documents…
'It’s about giving folks meaningful tools to stay independent, safe, and healthy.' Rep. T. Kennedy #OccupationalTherapist in USA Congress. More at kennedy.house.gov/news/documents…
https://kennedy.house.gov/news/documents…
June 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Exemplary advocacy and activism: OT Mental Health Parity Act, led by Congressmen Tim Kennedy & Zach Nunn.
'It’s about giving folks meaningful tools to stay independent, safe, and healthy.' Rep. T. Kennedy #OccupationalTherapist in USA Congress. More at kennedy.house.gov/news/documents…
'It’s about giving folks meaningful tools to stay independent, safe, and healthy.' Rep. T. Kennedy #OccupationalTherapist in USA Congress. More at kennedy.house.gov/news/documents…
New book about 'welfare' intriguing chapters and free to download:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Everyday Welfare in Modern British History
This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain by tracing deep connections across diverse settings.
link.springer.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New book about 'welfare' intriguing chapters and free to download:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@CJOT_RCE is becoming a favourite journal! Why?
Authors take deep, thoughtful dives into topical subjects, often using innovative methods. Also, many free to read articles.
Why not share your favourite #OccupationalTherapy journal?
Two examples from early view
Authors take deep, thoughtful dives into topical subjects, often using innovative methods. Also, many free to read articles.
Why not share your favourite #OccupationalTherapy journal?
Two examples from early view
April 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
@CJOT_RCE is becoming a favourite journal! Why?
Authors take deep, thoughtful dives into topical subjects, often using innovative methods. Also, many free to read articles.
Why not share your favourite #OccupationalTherapy journal?
Two examples from early view
Authors take deep, thoughtful dives into topical subjects, often using innovative methods. Also, many free to read articles.
Why not share your favourite #OccupationalTherapy journal?
Two examples from early view
Wow! What special issue of the American Journal of
Occupational Therapy!
25 thought provoking articles on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility and belonging
Brave. Right thing to do @AOTAInc in political context
Must read @BAMEOTUK @AbleOTUK @LGBTQIAOTUK
Occupational Therapy!
25 thought provoking articles on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility and belonging
Brave. Right thing to do @AOTAInc in political context
Must read @BAMEOTUK @AbleOTUK @LGBTQIAOTUK
March 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Wow! What special issue of the American Journal of
Occupational Therapy!
25 thought provoking articles on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility and belonging
Brave. Right thing to do @AOTAInc in political context
Must read @BAMEOTUK @AbleOTUK @LGBTQIAOTUK
Occupational Therapy!
25 thought provoking articles on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility and belonging
Brave. Right thing to do @AOTAInc in political context
Must read @BAMEOTUK @AbleOTUK @LGBTQIAOTUK
Vale Betty Yerxa, a legendary #OccupationalTherapist - educator, researcher, theoretican and one of the founders of #OccupationalScience
chan.usc.edu/news/latest/...
chan.usc.edu/news/latest/...
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
chan.usc.edu
March 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Vale Betty Yerxa, a legendary #OccupationalTherapist - educator, researcher, theoretican and one of the founders of #OccupationalScience
chan.usc.edu/news/latest/...
chan.usc.edu/news/latest/...
On #InternationalWomensDay2025 we celebrated pioneers, in many countries, awarded @thewfot Honorary Fellowships since 1954. Roll of Honour at wfot.org/about/wfot-a...
WFOT Awards | WFOT
WFOT Awards aim to recognise outstanding individual achievements and contributions that have significantly impacted on the occupational therapy community. We celebrate excellence through the passion,...
wfot.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
On #InternationalWomensDay2025 we celebrated pioneers, in many countries, awarded @thewfot Honorary Fellowships since 1954. Roll of Honour at wfot.org/about/wfot-a...
Epic! Well done to the Canadian Association @CAOT_ACE for creating an open access, clearing house about economic evaluations of #OccupationalTherapy Explore at
caot.ca/site/prac-res/…
caot.ca/site/prac-res/…
March 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Epic! Well done to the Canadian Association @CAOT_ACE for creating an open access, clearing house about economic evaluations of #OccupationalTherapy Explore at
caot.ca/site/prac-res/…
caot.ca/site/prac-res/…
At last, #OccupationalTherapy permits public debate of 'geopolitics'
Well done the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Well done the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Letter to the Editor Addressing the Exclusion of Palestinian Perspectives in Occupational Therapy Research on War and Mental Health in Israel
PDF | This letter addresses the article by Lipskaya-Velikovsky et al. (2025), which examined mental health and contributing factors among... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Research...
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February 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
At last, #OccupationalTherapy permits public debate of 'geopolitics'
Well done the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Well done the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
1/3 Wikipedia year2! Editing, monitoring and learning continues.
Here's our annual report about the activities to increase the presence of #OccupationalTherapy on 1 of the top 10 websites.
Here's our annual report about the activities to increase the presence of #OccupationalTherapy on 1 of the top 10 websites.
February 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
1/3 Wikipedia year2! Editing, monitoring and learning continues.
Here's our annual report about the activities to increase the presence of #OccupationalTherapy on 1 of the top 10 websites.
Here's our annual report about the activities to increase the presence of #OccupationalTherapy on 1 of the top 10 websites.