Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism, and Me by Georgia Vine

Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism, and Me by Georgia Vine

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This is a unique and important perspective on challenging ableism in healthcare from an author who is a service user, a disability activist, and an occupational therapist. Georgia Vine charts her life's journey and provides vital insight on how the education, health and social care systems need to be improved.

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Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism, and Me by Georgia Vine

How can health and social care services better serve people with disabilities? How can we meaningfully challenge ableist practice? What would a truly inclusive system look like? Georgia Vine answers these questions and more as she charts her journey from her experience of children's services to occupational therapist and disability activist. Discussing stigma, independence, and the transition to adulthood, Georgia provides vital insight into the challenges she has faced and the communities she has built along the way. Each chapter includes a reflection log enabling health and social care workers to think critically and practically about what they've learnt and how best to apply it to their role.
An accessible and engaging exploration of living as a disabled person within an ableist societyGeorgia Vine skilfully weaves her own experiences alongside both occupational therapy and disability theory in order to critically challenge our current healthcare systems. -- Kirsty Stanley, Director and Occupational Therapist at Occupation4Life Ltd and Co-Founder of AbleOTUK
Georgia Vine is a disability activist and Occupational Therapist and has been involved with disability activism since she was 17. She writes an award-winning blog, 'Not So Terrible Palsy' and is an ambassador for CP Teens UK, Global Students Ambassador, and Digital Production Director for Occupational Therapists Without Borders, as well as a founding member of AbleOTUK. She currently works at the University of Huddersfield works in the occupational therapy team and regularly speaks at conferences. She lives in Sheffield, UK.
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ISBN 13 9781839976674
ISBN 10 1839976675
Title Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism, and Me
Author Georgia Vine
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year published 2024-04-25
Number of pages 192
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