Personal Narrative: A Career In Occupational Therapy

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I interviewed my cousin Ali who specialize in occupational therapy. I chose him because I'm planning to special in Occupational Therapy in my master degree, so I feel curious to know more about it. I really enjoyed while I was interviewing him. I felt more excited to be an occupational therapist. My interviewer inspiration was an occupational therapist who treated him before. Occupational therapists need at least a master’s degree in occupational therapy, and the median annual wage for occupational therapists is 60000$ in Saudi Arabia, Occupational therapists work in offices of occupational therapy or in hospitals or others work in schools. He works in hospitals with both adult and children. Ali faced some obstacle in the beginning of his

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