[humanser] Questions About Jobs in Health Care!

[Danielle Ledet]

Thanks Ann Marie. And thanks Cheryl love the quote. I wanted to go for
 a medical assistant but thought well if there are blind docs, why not
a nurse. You start low anyway and most get there LPN first, then RN.
Nurses don't actually do surgery after all. But since I can't find
adequate housing, I have to go for a ddegree so I can live on campus.
Pretty much the HIM degree overlaps with what I wanted to start off in
with a little extra but I have no choice. So at some point I'll have
to go back for the Associate and cert. Bleh for always going
backwards!


On 10/10/17, Cheryl Wade via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Listers,
>
>
> I know of another person who is blind and is a physical therapist. I
> remember "back in the day" when programs wouldn't even let a blind
> person in.
>
>
> And here, just for fun, is a quote by Dr. Jacob Bolotin, Chicago's
> famous "blind doctor."
>
>
>
> "Well, is there anything so remarkable about it? Because a man has no
> eyes, is it any sign that he hasn't any brains? That is the trouble with
> the world
> and the blind man. All the blind man asks is fair play. Give him an
> equal chance without prejudice, and he generally manages to hold his own
> with his more
> fortunate colleagues."
>
>
> Cheryl Wade
>
>
> On 10/10/2017 10:38 PM, JD Townsend via HumanSer wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> I had to think hard about this.  So far I’m coming up with a big zero.
>>
>> A blind Physical Therapist just was hired at my hospital’s Rehabilitation
>> Unit, but nursing, nothing so far.
>>
>> jd
>> JD Townsend, LCSW
>>
>> Helping the light dependent to see
>> Daytona Beach FL Earth
>>
>> From: Danielle Ledet via HumanSer
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 3:24 AM
>> To: Jobs for the Blind; humanser at nfbnet.org; Blind Talk Mailing List;
>> ACB-L at acblists.org
>> Cc: Danielle Ledet
>> Subject: [humanser] Questions About Jobs in Health Care!
>>
>> Hey Ya'll,
>>
>> I know we have had a couple blind doctors, but does anyone know of any
>> blind nurses, preferably total? What about any medical assistants and
>> Medical Office Technicians? So far, I haven't found any on the
>> CareerConnect Mentor pipeline or the Employment Committee website of
>> the NFB.
>>
>
>
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