Nursing Students with Disabilities Change the Course

The road to a professional life in nursing for people with disabilities can be a long, and often times, arduous one. It is paved with obstacles on a personal, professional, and social level that mainstream society is never forced to encounter. Dr. Donna Maheady, the mother of a daughter who has been diagnosed with Autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Seizure Disorder, finally brings to light the true stories of nurses who have traveled down these long hard roads and have achieved their goals of becoming respected medical professionals.