A Career In Occupational Therapy

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As I crossed the finish line, I immediately could recognize where my family was located. My father, mother, and three sisters were all yelling with excitement that I had just beat my personal record for my half marathon time. My family is not ashamed to show their unconditionally support for me and my passions. When I mentioned I wanted to become an occupational therapist in eighth grade they took me seriously, my mother found every book in the library about occupational therapy and checked them out so I could read them. My father found articles foe me about the impact that occupational therapists have in the community. To this day, he still sends me every article he finds. I have learned about videogames improving home exercise programs for

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