A snarky NY Times article about using OTs for handwriting in elite NY schools...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/fashion/25Therapy.html

I found this article on Fark.com, with a link to NY Times, with the tag "Asinine" and the snarky headline "Spoiled NYC parents hire high-priced occupational therapists to train their precious snowflakes to hold a pencil or wield scissors  (nytimes.com)"

I skimmed the 100+ comments on the NY Times article plus the 50+ comments on Fark.com about it, and while I was heartened to see some parents and OTs speak up, there was an awful lot of irritation as well. I think the article was poorly done and made OTs look like just another high-priced special service offered to the elite babies of Manhattan versus an actual profession in all its diversity and AMAZINGNESS. :)

I hope some of you OTs - including me - get onto that New York Times website and start posting rebuttals with examples of what OT *really* is (usually)....not to say those OTs in the article aren't doing good things, we just need to make it clear we are so much more than that!