She recalled that Dr Casson gave "an inspiring outline of the fundamentals of the treatment … as a contribution to a realistic way of living."
"[8]: 97 Macdonald was one of eight students who started occupational therapy training at Dorset House School, Clifton, Bristol in September 1934.
"[10]: 16 The School was in Dorset House, a private residential clinic for patients suffering from neurotic and psychotic conditions, established by Casson in 1929.
"[9]: 4 Between March and June 1938, Macdonald went on a study tour of occupational therapy services in America and Canada, funded by a grant from the Pilgrim and York Trusts.
[2]: 136–137 Macdonald was responsible for the school with 18 students and supervised patients' occupational therapy treatment at Dorset House and nearby hospitals.
[10]: 18 The Dorset House staff led by Griselda MacCaul (1908–1996), set up "a curative workshop" at Barnsley Hall Emergency Hospital.
She was described as "never happier than when planning" – the relocation, adapting the students' training until their accommodation at Haberton House in Headington, was ready.
In February 1972 she raised a proposal from the Association of Occupational Therapists, that the Trust fund a "high calibre" lecture at the Annual Conference.
[9]: 23 A year later, the inaugural Casson Memorial Lecture was given by Sir George Godber, Chief Medical Officer for England.
A Dorset House student remembered that "she lived in the school in a bed sitting room …She had a little wooden toy; if it faced the wall you knew you were in trouble.
The School was established in Oxford where "it was respected … largely due to her dedication, drive and diplomacy in dealing with the ‘town and gown' authorities."
She was presented with gifts from the Governors and alumni which "reflected the appreciation of many hundreds of people for her devotion to occupational therapy and to Dorset House through the years.
The meeting notes record that the remit of an Association of Occupational Therapists "could deal with standards of qualification, syllabuses, uniforms and be of use in discovering openings and recommending trainees to posts etc, etc.
"[5]: 13 Macdonald was the first secretary of an informal committee of people interested in forming an Association for English, Northern Irish and Welsh occupational therapists.
[5] Next, Macdonald reports the work undertaken between 1936 and 1939, including adopting a Constitution; producing an examination syllabus and process to inspect training schools.
Macdonald's third paper describes how the Association continued between 1939 and 1942, adapting education standards to meet the demand for rehabilitation staff for the war effort.
[18] The fourth paper covers the Emergency Hospital Service; occupational therapists in war centres and starting Schools overseas; regulations for professional practice and formalising the status of the Association as a limited liability company.
[19] In the fifth paper Macdonald documents the post war period (1946–1949) which included preparing for the new National Health Service; starting a Library and register of Technical Instructors.
[20] Macdonald's final article covered 1950 to 1957 with a new joint Council with the Scottish Association, the formation of the World Federation of Occupational Therapist and Congress in Edinburgh; and work on the state registration of Medical Auxiliaries.
"[4]: 189 Macdonald was one of two occupational therapists in Britain appointed to a committee, set up in 1949 by the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland.
[25] State registration includes maintaining registers of qualified people, recognising educational institutions and examinations and dealing with breaches of standards.
[1]: 458 The Board was responsible for setting and monitoring standards to assure the public that State Registered Occupational Therapists were qualified and competent to practise.
[27] Early in 1946 Dr Casson offered the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration a scholarship to train a Greek candidate in occupational therapy.
She set up a training course and an occupational therapy service at the Asclepeeon Voulas Orthopaedic Hospital in Athens.
Macdonald described Gregoriaou as a pioneer who "demonstrated what contribution occupational therapy could make to the needs of the disabled, but administered and extended the work at the same time.
In March 1959 Macdonald led three experienced occupational therapists: Hilary Schlesinger, Barbara Allen and Anne Rickett to Argentina.
She highlighted the responsibilities of ‘exporting a profession' offering the trip to Argentine as "a prototype of a service we should, from these isles, be prepared to increasingly render.
"[31]: 14 Macdonald is remembered for instilling the first Argentinian students with their responsibilities as pioneers, which included supporting training, the dissemination of occupational therapy throughout the country and organising a professional association.
'[35] In 1981, Baillière Tindall, London published ‘'World-wide Conquests of Disabilities: The History, Development and Present Functions of the Remedial Services.
She specified that her body be "interred in narrow grave (with a fresh headstone) … on the right hand side of that of my late Mother ...in the Churchyard of St. John the Baptist's Church at Windlesham, Surrey.