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All, I'm sure this e-health letter goes out to a lot of readers. I haven't done it let but perhaps inteliHealth could do some "advertising" about Apr being PD Awareness Mo. For those who have not seen an entire post, this is only a portion of it. Judith Richards - what do you think about approaching InteliHealth to post this? In a message dated 4/1/99 6:00:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Today In Health History > ----------------------- > > Skills for Living > > April is National Occupational Therapy Month, and the American > Occupational Therapy Association is hoping to help people better > understand this type of therapy. This year's theme, "Skills for > the Job of Living," illustrates the goal of OT, which is to help > people relearn muscular control and coordination. Occupational > therapists focus on helping people develop or improve the skills > they need to participate in activities at work, in the home and > at school. The first occupational therapy treatment was given in > April 1880 at the Adams Nervine Asylum in Boston, Mass., by Susan > Edith Tracy, who wrote, "Studies in Invalid Occupation." > > Copyright Inteli-Health, Inc., 1999. All rights reserved. >