So a bit late to post my comment on this article but I am glad I waited.  Yesterday Dr. Florence Clark spoke to the OTs at RIC on Power and Leadership..how appropriate for the article right!? Anyway, she challenged all OTs to find their Power and the power of our profession.  The article on the blog for this interim challenges us in the same manner.  The message from Townsend in this statement, "By giving voice to occupational therapy ideas, assumptions, and values, guidelines contribute to the empowerment of this profession to define and conduct its own work, rather than to accept the control of others to define what will be done (Blain & Townsend, 1993)", echos that of Dr. Florence.  
But further, we can't be content to simple write the guidelines or verbalize the values, we actually need to aggressively press for them at every opportunity to best empower ourselves as we work to empower our clients.  In the conclusion of the article the statement, "The 21st century is both a tough and an exhilarating time for occupational therapists. Questions about power and justice are often viewed skeptically as being too political. Yet not addressing power and justice is also political; we can either remain silently compliant with client/consumer injustices and our professional lack of empowerment, or we can take a visible, active stance to advocate for change".  I think we should look at the ways we advocate so well for our clients and learn from that how we can advocate for our profession.