Occupational Justice

Question 1

Occupational Justice

Answer 1

Based in the belief that people have a need an right to participate in meaningful occupations

Two ideas were linked

1. Relationship between occupation and health is influenced by political, social, & cultural factors
2. Enabling client empowerment through occupation

Question 2

Social Justice:

Answer 2

Social Justice:
Rights, equity, & fairness
In context of social relations and conditions (regardless of race, class, gender, income, or disability)

Question 3

Occupational Justice:

Answer 3

Occupational Justice:
Rights, equity, & fairness
Right of person to meet basic needs and equal opportunities to engage in diverse and meaningful occupations.

Question 4

Basic Assumptions

Answer 4

Occupational beings

Participation is interdependent and contextual

Participation is central to survival and a determinant of health and wellness

Question 5

Principles:

Answer 5

Principles:
People are empowered through occupations (individual and collective)

Inclusive classification of all occupations

Diversity, inclusion, and shared participation

Question 6

Occupational alienation

Answer 6

Occupational alienation: situations in which people experience daily life as meaningless and purposeless

	ex: negative work experience

Question 7

Occupational deprivation

Answer 7

Occupational deprivation: situations in which people’s needs for meaningful and health promoting occupations go unmet or are systematically denied

ex: children deprived of higher education opportunities due to economic limitations

Question 8

Occupational imbalance

Answer 8

Occupational imbalance: situations in which sufficient variations in daily occupations needed to sustain well-being are rendered impossible due to personal or societal circumstances

ex: overoccupied, occupationally overburdened.

Question 9

Link between OT and Occupational Justice

Answer 9

Occupational therapists help people realize their potentials but have often neglected to understand how people are really able to fully participate once they leave direct OT services.

Therapists must become increased public awareness and act as advocates on a broad and global level

Question 10

Examples of Occupational Justice Issues

Answer 10

Senior adults who have caregivers
Homeless families
Accessibility for persons in wheelchairs
Students who do not have access to latest technology
Others....