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1Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois, USA. jbohne@elgin.edu
Abstract:
Across the United States, discussions and decisions are occurring in schools of nursing as nurse educators attempt to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This article examines the ethos behind these decisions and the Act. The old paradigm of tolerating differences among people and students with disabilities is contrasted with the emerging paradigm of valuing these differences. The author supports the viewpoint that people with disabilities should be welcomed, even recruited, into nursing.
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