Ann Wilcock Summary

Ann Wilcock vision of the world is which the occupational nature of people is recognized in a just and equitable way. She talks about occupational justice and how it meets the different occupational interests and needs of a person’s interests of the community. Her view of occupational utopia is where an individual encompass, inspires and permits all people to reach their full potential within the community. This always the individual to be healthy, self-determining, supportive and innocuous. Wilcock talks about how others fell that this might be difficult to reach but she believes this is well- worth striving for. In the Hardy and Davidson’s papers of 1988 suggested the idea of a perfect society is practice in the roots of our history. The …show more content…
He stressed the important of two major changes: early childhood education needs to start at infancy because of the impact it has on developing the individual’s character, and re-creation of communal harmony that was lost in development of industrial capitalism. In Owen’s village, he increases the importance of communalism over individualism; therefore, he built a community center where individuals may be go seek leisure. Several people admired the fact that he’s community was extravagate which lead to the development of sixteen similar communities in United States. The last practitioner Wilcock chose was Octavia Hill. She strived to increase the quality of her tenant’s lives. This help influences several women to establish far reaching programs and help reform society. Looking at all three practitioner’s visons of utopia, help influence people in today’s society to bring back those ideas and improve modern society. This article stresses the fact that people need to live in a society with meaningful occupations to increase not just the individual’s health and wellbeing but the community’s as well. The concept of an occupational utopia is forever changing because of personal beliefs but it will never limit the possibility of a