Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done
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Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done

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eBook - ePub

Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done

About this book

"An involving, multivoiced look into the lives of disabled diet specialists." - Kirkus Reviews

"Enlightening resource advocating for people with disabilities in the dietitian field." - BookLife Reviews

"...insightful healthcare guide to broadening professional understandings of what competence looks like." - Foreword Reviews

"...compelling call to build a profession where accessibility is the norm." - The Prairies Book Review

"...inspiring roadmap and proof that dietetics is a viable profession for individuals with disabilities." - BlueInk Review

"...practical and thoughtful volume that speaks to educators, students, employers, and colleagues..." - BookView Review

Recommended by three past presidents of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, several disability leaders, and numerous dietetics practitioners.

What does it take to build a career as a credentialed dietetics practitioner in a world that wasn't designed for disabilities?

Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done is a pioneering collection of true stories from 15 credentialed dietetics practitioners with disabilities. Their stories challenge stereotypes and show that disability can be a source of insight, adaptation, and professional strength.

Dietetics practitioners are food and nutrition experts who help people eat better, reduce disease risk, manage health conditions, and thrive. They work in healthcare, education, research, food service, government programs, private practice, and more. Yet despite serving a diverse population, the profession remains mainly female, white, and nondisabled. Approximately 2% of credentialed dietetics practitioners have a disability, compared with 29% of U.S. adults.

The contributors, who represent a wide range of disabilities, share their journeys through higher education, supervised practice, national credentialing examinations, employment, accommodations, disability disclosure, and disability culture related to food.

Their stories offer practical guidance to overcome barriers and show how disabilities can deepen empathy, strengthen patient care, and enrich the profession of dietetics.

Eight educational chapters cover topics such as:

    • The dietetics profession and pathways into it
    • The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
    • The Disabilities in Nutrition and Dietetics Member Interest Group
    • Disability resources, statistics, vocational rehabilitation agencies, and Centers for Independent Living

An essential resource for individuals with disabilities exploring healthcare careers; dietetics students and educators; career counselo

Information

Publisher
Suzanne Domel Baxter
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9798991299350
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Praise
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction
  10. Chapter 2 The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (or “Academy”)
  11. Chapter 3 The Disabilities in Nutrition and Dietetics Member Interest Group (or “Disabilities MIG”)
  12. Chapter 4 Dietitians and Dietetics Technicians (or “Dietetics Practitioners”): What They Are and How to Become One
  13. Chapter 5 State Vocational Rehabilitation Programs and Centers for Independent Living
  14. Chapter 6 (Autobiography) Dietitian with a Mobility Disability
  15. Chapter 7 (Autobiography) The Journey of an RD with Cerebral Palsy (or CP)
  16. Chapter 8 (Autobiography) Debility, Passion, and Balance
  17. Chapter 9 (Autobiography) Driven by Vision
  18. Chapter 10 (Autobiography) Finding Dietetics Post-Spinal Cord Injury
  19. Chapter 11 (Autobiography) A Registered Dietitian with Autoimmune Diseases
  20. Chapter 12 (Autobiography) The Evolution of a Celiac Dietitian
  21. Chapter 13 (Autobiography) Inflammatory Bowel Disease (or IBD) RD
  22. Chapter 14 (Autobiography) Practice Resilience and Never Give Up the Goal of Becoming a Registered Dietitian
  23. Chapter 15 (Autobiography) Chronically Fascinating
  24. Chapter 16 (Autobiography) Nourishing Resilience: The Story of a Gastrointestinal (or GI) Dietitian
  25. Chapter 17 (Autobiography) How Disability Pride Catalyzed My Path to Dietetics
  26. Chapter 18 (Autobiography) Nourished by Trust: A Blind Dietitian and her Loyal Guide Dog
  27. Chapter 19 (Autobiography) My Journey into Dietetics as A Disabled, Chronically Ill Dietitian
  28. Chapter 20 (Autobiography) Breaking through the Silence: My Journey to Becoming a Registered Dietitian as a deaf Individual
  29. Chapter 21 Disability Resources
  30. Chapter 22 Disability Statistics
  31. Chapter 23 Concluding Remarks
  32. About the Editors

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