Welcome to the Occupational Narratives Database

The Occupational Narratives Database is a collection of digital stories from people of all ages and ability around the world. The digital stories highlight the rich and diverse occupations that give meaning to people’s lives. Through the stories, people are able to share their occupation and what it means to them in their daily lives. Conversely, people may also describe an occupation they are unable to participate and the impacts that has on their health and wellbeing. As occupation is the primary domain of occupational therapists, the digital stories also illustrate the value of what the occupational therapy profession offers to people globally in enabling occupational participation and social inclusion.

Watch our introductory video to learn more about the Occupational Narratives Database.

Latest Stories

My meaningful activity I chose was pickleball, which is a leisure occupation....
In this video, I am showing the occupation of walking your dog as as form...
Why doing laundry is a meaningful occupation to me!
This video describes how walking has become meaningful to me through leisure, health management, and...
For the contents of this video, I chose the occupation of coloring. This particular occupation...
Occupation: Leisure, leisure participation

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