Because she is driven by a belief that everyone—including those with injuries and disabilities— should live a full life, Carolyn Baum has overseen the transformation of occupational therapy from a clinical specialty into a true science.
Patients getting rehab in the program she directs at Washington University School of Medicine might have their range of motion measured in 3-D before and after therapy. And the therapy might include playing a video game similar to “Space Invaders” with an adapted Wii. They will certainly be assessed with a number of tools she and colleagues have developed that build upon what the patient can do so that they can, as she puts it, “live their lives.”
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This article was originally published in the St. Louis Beacon.