Yerxa’s Authentic OT  “Occupational therapy begins when everyone else has given up.”  —-E.J. Yerxa, OTR- 1966

Yerxa’s Authentic OT “Occupational therapy begins when everyone else has given up.” —-E.J. Yerxa, OTR- 1966

The Eleanor Clark Slagle Award and Lecture is an annual event that honors an American Occupational Therapy Association member who has made unique and substantial contributions to the body of knowledge of our profession through scholarship or clinical practice. In 1966, the brilliant Elizabeth J.