Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism, and Me: Challenging Ableism in Healthcare - Paperback
by Georgia Vine (Author)
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.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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