{"id":49328,"date":"2019-02-18T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49328"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:26:57","slug":"acc-health-sciences-students-discuss-legislative-issues-with-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/18\/acc-health-sciences-students-discuss-legislative-issues-with-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC health sciences students discuss legislative issues with lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2019\/01\/Texas-Community-College-Day-2017_house.jpg\" alt=\"Texas House Chamber with spectators in balcony gallery and lawmakers on standing among desks\" class=\"wp-image-49237\" style=\"width:416px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2019\/01\/Texas-Community-College-Day-2017_house.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2019\/01\/Texas-Community-College-Day-2017_house-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2019\/01\/Texas-Community-College-Day-2017_house-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College (ACC) students and faculty join hundreds of healthcare advocates from across the state for Occupational Therapy Day at the Texas Capitol. The group will gather 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 19, to raise awareness of issues critical to occupational therapists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe decisions made at the legislature have a direct impact on the services we can provide, employment opportunities and most importantly those decisions impact who can receive Occupational Therapy,\u201d says Estrella Barrera, Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) department chair. \u201cThe opportunity allows our students to see the power their voices have in advocacy for the profession and clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sponsored by the Texas Occupational Therapists Association (TOTA), the event gives students and professionals an opportunity to meet with legislators and learn about civic engagement. \u201cOur primary goal this year is to educate our Texas legislators and their staff about the profession of occupational therapy, and what we do. The more members lawmakers we can educate, the better\u201d says Judith Joseph, TOTA Executive Director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about ACC\u2019s Occupational Therapist Assistant Program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/academic-and-career-programs\/areas-of-study\/health-sciences\/occupational-therapy-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/ota.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) students and faculty join hundreds of healthcare advocates from across the state for Occupational Therapy Day at the Texas Capitol. The group will gather 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 19, to raise &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/02\/18\/acc-health-sciences-students-discuss-legislative-issues-with-lawmakers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17,18],"tags":[3432,2071,3433],"class_list":["post-49328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-occupational-therapy-assistant","tag-state-capitol","tag-texas-occupational-therapists-association"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}