Focusing on Consumer Needs and Priorities: The Core of AOTA Advocacy

Every once in a while, the Public Affairs Division will hear the concern that AOTA's promotion of occupational therapy is too self-serving, that AOTA must advocate not just for payment and coverage but for our clients. I can assure every member, nonmember, client, and potential client that AOTA's advocacy is a daily march for clients to get the occupational therapy that can enable them to "live life to its fullest." It is in fulfillment of our mission statement