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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone remember Wendy Wood's work - linking occupational therapy and primatology from the 1990s?
research.aota.org/ajot/article-a…
Anyone know of anything more recent?

https://research.aota.org/ajot/article-a…

Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 7d

Oops, meant to add this from the BBC bbc.com/news/article...

Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins

The conservationist, who died aged 91 on Wednesday, challenged how we relate to the natural world.

bbc.com

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 7d

Vale Jane Goodall, an extraordinary and innovative researcher of natural behaviour in real life settings.

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 17d

We do too. A historic, meaningful icon replaced by a full stop in a rebranding exercise in 2022. Surely it's time to revert to hope and recovery?

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 17d

It certainly is! Fantastic library- space for contemplation and inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

Nazeea Elahi @ntelahi.bsky.social · 17d

How to library. #HofburgPalace #Vienna

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 22d

Curious image but the link works!

Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 22d

Respect to the pioneers of #OccupationalTherapy in each country around the world. Remarkable activists one and all.

Here's an example of Margaret Barr Fulton working in synergy with Evelyn Mary Macdonald:
x.com/HistoryOt/st...

OT History Matters on X: "@jcreektv @DrWMB @tai_the_ot @DunfordCarolyn @theRCOT 3/7 Favourite example: MD Barr and EM Macdonald invited members of Ministry of Health Committee to make recommendations about supply, demand, training and qualifications of occupational therapists in new NHS. Occupational Therapy, October 1949 p26. https://t.co/N9LhLKbNrW" / X

@jcreektv @DrWMB @tai_the_ot @DunfordCarolyn @theRCOT 3/7 Favourite example: MD Barr and EM Macdonald invited members of Ministry of Health Committee to make recommendations about supply, demand, training and qualifications of occupational therapists in new NHS. Occupational Therapy, October 1949 p26. https://t.co/N9LhLKbNrW

x.com

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 22d

Well done Scotland - NHS Grampian for marking the centenary of Margaret Barr Fulton
www.nhsgrampian.org/100-years-si...

100 years since UK's first qualified occupational therapist took up post in Aberdeen

www.nhsgrampian.org

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · 27d

Wow! 3 papers about #OTHistory on the @thewfot Congress programme in Bangkok in February 2026.

Presentation about innovative strategies to curate OT history on Thursday 12 February 2026.

Two presentations on Wednesday 11 February 2026: about OT education archives and local history- precursors of Occupational Therapy

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thanks for sharing, so many wonderful stories and images.

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...

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...

www.rcpe.ac.uk

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Aug 22

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/...

Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Aug 20

Oops, link didn't work
journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sa...

journals.assaf.org.za

Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Aug 20

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…

https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sajo…

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Aug 16

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...

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

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jul 26

Harrowing stories from the archives:

theconversation.com/friday-essay...

Friday essay: ‘Like a detective examining a crime scene.’ Natalie Harkin charts the intimate history of Aboriginal domestic service

In an extract from her new book, Narungga poet and researcher Natalie Harkin reveals intimate truths about the shameful history of Aboriginal domestic labour.

theconversation.com

Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jul 23

Pleasure. Acknowledges significant contributions to health sector. Suspect many examples, sadly hidden or forgotten. @BAMEOTUK striving to rectify this sorry state in #OTHIstory

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jul 23

Fabulous resource: so easy to navigate and full of fascinating histories.
Thanks @remakingbritain.bsky.social

Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks @remakingbritain.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jul 9

Always disappointed that there are so few histories of #OccupationalTherapy education across the world. Here's a thread of 10 research papers from 2022. Enjoy and let's create more!
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OT History Matters on X: "2/13 A thread with 10 papers showcasing some rare histories of #OccupationalTherapy education. They are from America, Brazil, England and Ireland. Apologies, most are behind paywalls." / X

2/13 A thread with 10 papers showcasing some rare histories of #OccupationalTherapy education. They are from America, Brazil, England and Ireland. Apologies, most are behind paywalls.

x.com

Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jul 9

It's one of the Lost Hospitals of London. Lots of information at
ezitis.myzen.co.uk/botleyspark....

Lost_Hospitals_of_London

ezitis.myzen.co.uk

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jul 9

The archive for Botley's Park Hospital is held at
archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archi...

BOTLEYS PARK HOSPITAL, CHERTSEY: RECORDS - Archives Hub

archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jul 9

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.

Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · Jul 7

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 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive

round badge in gilt and enamel. the outer rim is inscribed Botley's Park Hospital in gold capital letters on a dark blue enamel background. The centres ia an image of the mansion there

Georgian style mansio house - three stories, double fronted, sweeping staircase to front, with columns on the side elvation, pale (lime?) stone with huge grey slate roof.

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Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jun 20

Reminds of Eleanor Clarke Slagle's connections with the White House.
Check out Slagle's Facebook page.

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OT History Matters on X: "Are you following Eleanor Clarke Slagle, #OTHistory maker extraordinary, on Facebook? Lovely archival papers about 1941 reception in the White House and relationship with Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt. https://t.co/PxgaxNzOvR" / X

Are you following Eleanor Clarke Slagle, #OTHistory maker extraordinary, on Facebook? Lovely archival papers about 1941 reception in the White House and relationship with Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt. https://t.co/PxgaxNzOvR

x.com

Occupational Therapy History Matters @othistorymatters.bsky.social · Jun 20

This link works! kennedy.house.gov/news/documen...

Congressman Kennedy Introduces Bill to Improve Access to Occupational Therapy

kennedy.house.gov