Re: Learning Disability

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On 7/16/08, meka wrote:
> On 7/15/08, -- wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Sticks and stones can break your bones and truly names can (and will)
> harm you.

I am reading notes from Curmudgeon. My nursing instructor made the
same 'assumptions' you are making and name calling. Better have your
facts first before you start labelling someone.