The Association as the political actor of the profession

Abstract

This article responds to the kind invitation of the Editor and the Editorial Committee of the Revista Ocupación Humana to participate in a special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the foundation of our scientific organization and association of occupational therapists. It collects the memories, analyses, and reflections about the future by occupational therapist Solángel García Ruiz, who was in charge of the presidency of the Colombian Association of Occupational Therapy -ACTO in the period 2004 to 2006 and of the Colombian College of Occupational Therapy between 2016 and 2018. This and the other texts by former presidents that are part of this special issue are full of the strength, energy, and projection of their authors and our profession. The result, then, is a significant historical testimony of what we have built and of the immense and powerful task that the Colombian College of Occupational Therapy has to continue building and responding to the challenges of being occupational – personal, collective, and social –, the country, the region, and the world.