Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798991299336

Verlag: Suzanne Domel Baxter, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

"An insightful healthcare guide to broadening professional understandings of what competence looks like." - Foreword Reviews 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. This gap must change. Credentialed Dietetics Practitioners with Disabilities Get the Job Done is a powerful and inspiring collection of autobiographies from 15 credentialed practitioners with disabilities. Through their stories, readers gain an inside look at navigating:College and academic accommodations Supervised practice internships National credentialing exams Employment, workplace accommodations, and disability disclosure Disability culture related to food, nutrition, and eating These practitioners represent a wide range of disabilities, including cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, vision and hearing impairments, mobility disabilities, and chronic illnesses. In addition to personal narratives, the book includes eight educational chapters covering:The dietetics profession and how to become a practitioner The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics The Disabilities in Nutrition and Dietetics Member Interest Group Disability resources and statistics State vocational rehabilitation programs and centers for independent living This book is an essential resource for:Individuals with disabilities exploring careers in dietetics or healthcare Dietetics students and interns Educators, preceptors, and supervisors Career counselors and disability services professionals Allies, family members, and colleagues of people with disabilities All royalties are donated to initiatives that expand inclusion of practitioners with disabilities in the dietetics workforce and educate the dietetics workforce about disabilities.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Suzanne ("Suzi") Domel Baxter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, FAND earned a BS degree in dietetics from Texas Christian University and a MS degree and a PhD degree (both in nutrition) from Texas Woman's University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia. She has worked as a dietitian in a residential school for children with disabilities, in a hospital clinic for adults, in school food service, and for the Women, Infants, and Children Program. Most of her career was in nutrition research. She acquired a mobility disability in 2010 which caused her to resign her Research Professor position late in 2016. She has presented widely on nutrition and authored many peer-reviewed publications including several on disability. She is now a disability advocate. She co-founded the Disabilities in Nutrition and Dietetics Member Interest Group within the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This group launched on June 1, 2023, with her as the Inaugural Chair. She was recognized as the "Outstanding Dietitian of the Year" in 2012 by the South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She received the "Monsen Award for Outstanding Research Literature" in 2017 from the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was recognized as one of "Today's Dietitian's Annual Showcase of Ten Dietitians Who are Making a Difference" in 2025. Her illustrated children's book titled "When I Grow Up, I Can Be a Dietitian!" was published in 2024.

Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD is a private practice dietitian based in Virginia who specializes in digestive disorders. She was recognized as one of the top nutritionists in the DC metro area by the Washingtonian and was selected as the "Emerging Dietetics Leader of the Year" for Virginia. She has presented widely on nutrition and authored several peer-reviewed publications on Ehlers Danlos syndrome, POTS, Mast Cell Diseases and on living with disabilities.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Suzanne Domel Baxter
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798991299336
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276
• Herausgeber: Baxter Suzanne Domel, Harris Cheryl Iny
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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