Re: Learning Disability

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On 7/15/08, Curmudgeon wrote:
> Okay--I'll stop arguing and concede. I'll agree that the OP does
> not have a learning disability. She's just sloppy and stupid--
> traits that you all undoubtedly want to find in the nurse that is
> administering your medications.

Only a qualified medical professional can make a diagnosis of a
learning disability. A nurse is not qualified. Problem is someone
(like you?) might actually take the nurse seriously. It's one thing
for a supervising nurse to make a report that a trainee nurse is
below professional standards, that's her job; but making a diagnosis
is not her job. In most states it is prima facie slander to state
that someone has a mental illness.

For example; just because someone is a curmudgeon doesn't mean they
are a bi-polar, manic depressive, schizophrenic. Big difference
between a character trait and a mental illness.