Occupational Therapy, Taxi-Drivers and Columbine

as an experiment to determine whether volunteer occupational therapists could be used with safety and expediency in these wards. I stammered a "thank you" to Steve's comment about my dress. I had worn an old figured cotton print, expecting to have it paint-splashed by evening, but the colours were still bold and strong. I made a mental note always to wear bright colours on my visits. Much later, I was to appreciate his compliment even more, for it pointed the way to the tm1^ beginning of gaining the patieH attention and interest. The first conversation with