anniebeefree

I just came across your post. Thank you for raising this question. I am just starting the RN program at my college, and I have CAPD. I, too, was diagnosed as a child. There wasn't much known about the disorder 30-some years ago when I was diagnosed. When I went to college to become a nurse 22 years ago, I realized it would be near impossible for me to fulfill my dream of becoming a nurse because of my CAPD. Back then, most healthcare employers and universities weren't too keen on making reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. Now, schools go out of their way to help their students under the ADA. Auditory Processing Disorders are considered a learning disability. Here are two websites for you to read and consider. The first one is an article from Allnurses.com about "Keys to success for nursing students with disabilities". https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/keys-to-success-1003367.html The other is a link to The "Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses" | Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses I informed my program director of my disability. She was very understanding about it, addressed my concerns, and tactfully informed my other professors of it. I make sure I sit right in the middle, up front in the classroom. The professors now know to be conscious about facing the class when talking so that I can read their lips, in order to better understand what they're saying. It was reassuring to me to know that there is another student in the program, who is totally deaf, who will be graduating next spring with her BSN. This shows me that not only in the classroom, but in the clinical's as well, accommodations are being made for healthcare professionals with auditory disabilities.