Apr. 2nd, 2021: AOTA & APHOTA Condemn Racism and Violence Against AAPI

Feb. 19th, 2021: APHOTA's Position on Hate Crimes Against Asians/ Asian-Americans

The purpose of the organization is to:

• Serve as a liaison between occupational therapy practitioners about Asian/Pacific cultural issues affecting occupational therapy practice and the American Occupational Therapy Association.
• Promote scholarly activities and research on Asian/Pacific cultural issues affecting occupational therapy practice
• Identify and work to achieve common goals and needs
• Promote and support learning and scholarship
• Support Occupational therapy practitioners emigrating from Asian/Pacific countries with transition and integration into the North American occupational therapy practice
• Promote occupational therapy education and scholarly exchange among Asian/Pacific countries and North America.

The Association was established in 1995 as Association of Asian/ Pacific Occupational Therapists in America (AAPOTA) and underwent a name change in 2013.

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Please Take the Anti-Asian Pacific Islander Bias Survey (Anti-AAPI BS)

Researcher: Elizabeth Ching, OTD, M.Ed., BSOT, OTR/L, Assoc. Prof., Samuel Merritt University. 

The Anti-AAPI BS is a brief 20-question IRB- approved survey that is anonymous and is intended for individuals who racially identify as AAPI to record their experiences on a spectrum of bias, from microaggressions to violence. The survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

To take the survey, please click here.

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