Doctors with disability continue practising in the profession they love

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Accidents and medical complications could have ended their career dreams, but these medical professionals say technology and workplace modifications have allowed them to continue practising — in some cases with a deeper understanding of their patients' world.

Doctor Steven Peterson was cycling to work in the autumn of 2018 when he was struck by a car and taken to the same emergency department where he was due to start work.

Dr Peterson was left a a quadriplegic by the accident in Orange, New South Wales, but assistive technology and modifications to his home and work environment have enabled him to continue practising. Prior to his stroke — which he had at the age of 30 — Mr Vander Kraats was working with elite athletes such as the AFL's West Coast Eagles."Just weeks before I was doing triathlons, so I was pretty fit and didn't have any warning signs and then, hey, it happened to me.Physiotherapist Robert Vander Kraats receives treatment for himself.

 

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I haven't seen a Doctor do much more than pick up a pen physically, so ramp it up and get goin'.🧐👍

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