Thank the Exceptional Nurse

This slide show was created by www.ExceptionalNurse.com as a tribute to nurses with disabilities for Nurses Week. It features nurses from all over the USA who have various disabilities. The show is a celebration of ability!

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Nurse
• disability
• hearing loss
• deaf
• spina bifida
• muscular dystrophy
• limb loss
• dialysis
• epilepsy
• vision loss

[ExceptNurse]

Thanks to everyone who has commented.

Please get involved in our efforts. We need you!

[ashpauls]

beautiful idea! and I agree long over due! it's wonderful to see the people who care and look after us working so hard despite having problems themselves. I think it makes them that much better at their jobs!

[strongcalmsane]

This is very nice and long overdue! I applaud this effort. (a college teacher in Florida)

[1nerdse]

There is a "get out of jail free" card - if an employer claims that accommodating a disabled employee will reduce productivity, reduce quality, or negatively affect their bottom line. I was denied accommodation on this basis, and when I contacted disability lawyers (several), was told the burden of proof that they were unwilling, not unable, to accommodate rested with me and that this can never be proven.

[songofdeb1]

What a wonderful undertaking....nurses can be very critical - one to another - but it seems there is acceptance within your very "human" organization. Good job!

[Bubuyog4]

There is a reason why there are laws such as the ADA, to protect people if and when they disclose they have a disability.

[1nerdse]

There are a lot of us out there. Some can't say they are, because if they disclosed, they'd lose their jobs. Or be given such heavy loads that they'd be pushed to quit or get too sick.

I'm a nurse, but I can't work anymore and have just come to grips with the fact that I can't. I'm also a teacher and a wannabe computer nerd. I worked 1986 to late 2008 with Fibromyalgia, since 1997 with Chronic Fatigue added to that. I have a lot of other chronic conditions that I won't list out, too.