Are You Tending to Your Garden? Reflections On Accessibility and Disability in Physical Therapy Education
As summer begins, JHR’s June issue offers the metaphor of “tending to your garden”—and, through these authors’ words, applies it to the creation of accessible learning environments! This creative article provides images and reflections by artist and gardener Brandon Ness—and three of his faculty colleagues—on the “support and accessibility” needed to design a healthy growing environment, both in a garden and a university curriculum.
The Power of Touch: Trust
Seeking to illustrate the nuances of physical touch in PT practice, Brandon Ness, DPT program faculty member and artist, created an image to inspire discussion among his students about trust and healing. His account of that process—creating and refining the image, going through a Visible Thinking exercise with his students—shows how art can inspire fresh critical thinking.