Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done

<p>An insightful healthcare guide to broadening professional understandings of what competence looks like. - <em>Foreword Reviews</em></p><p></p><p>Dietetics practitioners are food and nutrition experts who help people live healthier lives-working in hospitals research labs schools sports teams community programs and more. Yet despite the diversity of the populations they serve the dietetics workforce remains predominantly female white and able-bodied. Only 2% of dietetics practitioners identify as having a disability compared to 29% of U.S. adults.</p><p></p><p><strong>This gap must change.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done</em> is a powerful and inspiring collection of autobiographies from 15 credentialed practitioners with disabilities. Through their stories readers gain an inside look at navigating:</p><ul><li><ul><li>College and academic accommodations </li><li>Supervised practice internships </li><li>National credentialing exams </li><li>Employment workplace accommodations and disability disclosure </li><li>Disability culture related to food nutrition and eating </li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p>These practitioners represent a wide range of disabilities including cerebral palsy spinal cord injuries vision and hearing impairments mobility disabilities and chronic illnesses.</p><p></p><p>In addition to personal narratives the book includes eight educational chapters covering:</p><ul><li><ul><li>The dietetics profession and how to become a practitioner </li><li>The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics </li><li>The Disabilities in Nutrition and Dietetics Member Interest Group </li><li>Disability resources and statistics </li><li>State vocational rehabilitation programs and centers for independent living </li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p><strong>This book is an essential resource for:</strong></p><ul><li><ul><li>Individuals with disabilities exploring careers in dietetics or healthcare </li><li>Dietetics students and interns </li><li>Educators preceptors and supervisors </li><li>Career counselors and disability services professionals </li><li>Allies family members and colleagues of people with disabilities </li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p>All royalties are donated to initiatives that expand inclusion of practitioners with disabilities in the dietetics workforce and educate the dietetics workforce about disabilities.</p>