As I reflect on my first month as an occupational therapy student, one of the biggest themes that stands out to me is that occupational therapy is client-centered. OTs take into consideration their client's wants, needs, goals and interests as a top priority in developing their treatment plans. This is one of the numerous ways in which occupational therapy plays a unique role in healthcare, and is also one of the reasons OT stood out to me as a career plan. Occupational therapists have a special opportunity to connect with and motivate their clients. A specific way in which occupational therapists keep client-centered is by using person-first language. While person-first language is a different way to talk about or describe clients, I think that it is more than that-it is a mindset that one adopts. An example of person-first language might be referring to a someone as "the child with autism" instead of simply calling them an "autistic child." By politely put...