While I personally favor the name change from ATRA to ARTA, I am not surprised that many have spoken against the name change because we have used the TR expression in the titles of our national organizations since the mid-1960s and therefore we have grown accustom to the term. But I do believe we now need to open our minds to the possibility of changing our name simply because it is to our advantage to do so because it will place us in a position to have others understand our profession and what we do. The Federal government already refers to our profession as recreational therapy. For example, the Occupational Outlook Handbook and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), among other Federal units, employ recreational therapy when referring to us. So does the Joint Commission (JC). I can testify that Congressmen, Senators, and their staffers also are familiar with the term “recreational therapy, “ but are puzzled when they hear “therapeutic recreation.” Perhaps this is because they are familiar with OT, PT and MT so it is natural that they would relate to RT. ATRA itself has used the term recreational therapy with the Medicare Project and in the ATRA Guidelines for Competency Assessment and Curriculum Planning for Recreational Therapy Practice. If you read the mission, vision, and definition of ATRA you will find recreational therapy is the term employed. So RT seems to already be the preferred term not only by governmental and accreditation bodies but by ATRA itself. This, I believe, is because people can relate to the term and understand it is similar to OT, PT and MT – sister disciplines in which “therapy” is the central theme and is modified by the terms occupational, physical, or music. Similarly the central feature of our profession is the provision of therapy using the powerful medium of recreation through the employment of the RT Process of Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and evaluation (i.e., “A-pie process”) in both community and institutional settings. So while we may have grown accustom to TR, for the sake of our profession it is now time to change to RT.