Nicole, Did you know that there is a Deaf Pilots Association, and a site called exceptionalnurse.com that speaks to people with disabilities in health care, and a host of other examples of people with disabilities doing things those of us without disabilities cannot imagine doing in that position. I don't have a problem with being up front with folks, but be careful that you don't put yourself in the position of limiting someone's personal options on the basis of your own experience. You may know nursing, but you don't know the student's disability or what coping strategies he has developed. Dr. Jane Jarrow