I'm pretty annoyed. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum!
ANYWAYS. I'm Nathan, 20 years old, bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss due to meningitis antibiotics.
The state I live in, California, has a department called "Department of Vocational Rehab", which helps disabled people find jobs and education necessary for those jobs.
When you enter the system, you are assigned a Counselor. Mine is ehh, but he really crossed the line when I said I wanted to be a RN, he said "No. There are communication issues and discrimination against disabled nurses. Also, some of my previous clients tried nursing, and they dropped the job before you could say 'nurse'. Pick something else!"
I even said I was willing to use an ASL interpreter (and a paper/pen as well!) but he still said no...
I don't really care about discrimination towards me. If i'm helping people as a nurse, that's all I need.
Keep in mind my counselor, who is deaf, serves the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community in my county. I'm particularly annoyed about him comparing me to his previous clients. I mean, they're not me, and I'm not them!
He gave me 2 alternative career choices: Lab tech or sonographer... HELL NO!
I have another meeting with him on April 18. What do I say to get him to budge?!
If nothing works, I can always talk to his supervisor directly. I want to try to make him budge first, though... Ugh.
