Jones Robert J
Governor Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Trustee and Director Moorfields Eye Charity, Kemp House, London, UK.
Physiother Theory Pract. 2021 Mar;37(3):401-419. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1887064. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
In 2019 the Association of Visually Impaired Chartered Physiotherapists, originally the Association of Blind Certificated Masseurs, celebrated the centenary of its formation and becoming the first ever Specific Interest Group admitted to the Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses which, later in the 20 century, became the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. These landmarks motivated the author to research for this chronological, descriptive, narrative review of the history of blind physiotherapy and its contribution to physiotherapy in the United Kingdom. The early training and practice of massage by blind practitioners, the organizational milestones in mainstream and blind physiotherapy and the inter-relationship between the two is considered. Key developments, challenges, innovations and opportunities throughout the history are reviewed including the impact of World War 1 and contribution of blind physiotherapy to the profession. Significant changes in physiotherapy educational and training arrangements for blind students and changes in physiotherapy practice generally over the last four decades engender serious questions about whether blind physiotherapy will still "belong", despite the increasing aspiration within society toward acceptance of diversity and inclusion. The author challenges the profession about whether it will facilitate blind physiotherapy to continue making its valuable contribution and be included. Will it still "belong?"
2019年，视障特许物理治疗师协会（其前身为盲人认证按摩师协会）庆祝了其成立一百周年，并成为首个被纳入受过训练的女按摩师协会的特殊兴趣小组。该协会在20世纪后期成为物理治疗特许协会。这些里程碑事件促使作者对盲人物理治疗的历史及其对英国物理治疗的贡献进行了这一按时间顺序、描述性的叙述性回顾。文中考虑了盲人从业者早期的按摩培训与实践、主流物理治疗与盲人物理治疗的组织里程碑以及两者之间的相互关系。回顾了历史上的关键发展、挑战、创新和机遇，包括第一次世界大战的影响以及盲人物理治疗对该行业的贡献。过去四十年来，针对盲人学生的物理治疗教育和培训安排发生了重大变化，物理治疗实践也普遍发生了变化，这引发了一个严肃的问题：尽管社会越来越渴望接纳多样性和包容性，但盲人物理治疗是否仍将“归属”其中。作者向该行业提出质疑，即它是否会促进盲人物理治疗继续做出其宝贵贡献并被纳入其中。它还会“归属”吗？
