Education for the disabled in war and industry : Army hospital schools : a demonstration for the education of disabled in industry . wood carving, typewriting,basketry, telegraphy, rug making, drawing, violin playing,painting, sewing, gardening, leather work, weaving, etc., haveall been very successful, and allow of sufficient variation to makepossible a selection of activities suited to special needs. General curative work is work calculated to improve physicalor mental tone and thereby enhance the chances of rapid andcomplete recovery. For many disabilities it is impossible to de- 28 Educati
Education for the disabled in war and industry : Army hospital schools : a demonstration for the education of disabled in industry . wood carving, typewriting,basketry, telegraphy, rug making, drawing, violin playing,painting, sewing, gardening, leather work, weaving, etc., haveall been very successful, and allow of sufficient variation to makepossible a selection of activities suited to special needs. General curative work is work calculated to improve physicalor mental tone and thereby enhance the chances of rapid andcomplete recovery. For many disabilities it is impossible to de- 28 Education for the Disabled in War and Industry vise a specific curative exercise. The problem then becomes oneof providing work which will exert beneficial influence uponmental and physical tone. A large part of the occupationaltherapy will belong in this class though attention has largelybeen centered upon the more direct specific exercises. In psychiatric cases it is very evident that the work is likely toexert a general influence. In fact, so obscure may be the mentaldifficulty that to touch it with specific remedy is Shoe Repairing as a New Voca- Planing for Injured Arm, tion for an Amputation Case a Direct Curative Exercise Many patient, special, repeated appeals with all sorts of approachesand activities may have to be made before a line is found whichseems to penetrate the murkiness of mental obscurity. At lastsomething stimulates an intelligent reaction. That line is thenfollowed and the steady improvement is wonderful and gratify-ing. It matters not what activity may be provided if it fur-nishes the avenue of communication. Weaving, bead-chainwork, music, scrap books, games, gardening, work with colors,typewriting, conversation, any occupation is welcome and often-times the thing which proves efficacious appears to be a mostsurprising selection. An amputation case receiving treatment and waiting for finalhardening of the stump and fitting of prosthesis cannot rec
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