What jobs involve helping those with medical disabilities?

Answer 1

Essentially anyone in health care will work with the disabled to some degree.

However, the key jobs would be those related to physical medicine and neurology.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician
Neurologist
Orthopedist
Physical Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Phys Therapy Asst
Occ Therapy Asst
Rehab Nurse
Wound Specialty Nurse
LPNs and CNAs in Rehab centers
also
there would be those on the psychological support side
Counselors
psychologist
neuropsychologist
psychiatrist
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Of course this list could be endless if we get in to all thos who supply and fit wheelchairs and orthopedic appliances and orthotics and prosthetics.

BUt you have a good goal, Go for it!!

Answer 2

Here is a website to search various careers: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can search 'registered nurse', 'licensed practical nurse', 'physical therapist', 'recreational therapist' or such. Please note that both physical and occupational therapy can be quite physically and mentally exhausting (social work can be very emotionally draining as well), even the 'assistant' jobs which require an associate's degree plus clinical fieldwork experience. And the bachelor's and master's degree level OT and PT are extremely competitive to gain entry into with the applicant needing a 4.0 in prereq's as well as overall gpa. (And just fyi, there are Not supposed to be too many jobs for the medical assistant, medical biller or coder despite there being so many tv commercials from those private $$$ schools.) If deciding on a career path that 'only' requires a year's training, please skip those expensive private schools and look into the county vo-tech schools or community college (perhaps non-credit course).

For US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

Answer 3

There's countless jobs.

Occupational therapists help people with disabilities improve their ability to carry out activities of normal, everyday life and in work. They really help people with disabilities gain independence.

Physical therapists focus on helping to overcome the physical disability by relieving pain, restoring function, increasing mobility, and preventing further damage.

There is a broad spectrum of types of disabilities, so there is a broad spectrum of careers in helping those with disabilities. Speech therapists, psychotherapists, special education teachers, mental health nurses... etc all work closely with people with disabilities.