The medical professionals we have to see for my son's scoliosis encourage my son to study science and math. Because of his medical issues and his grandmother's illness after surgery complications he has become more interested in learning about neuroscience and biology and chemistry and since math is required, he has become more willing to spend time on that too. He expressed an interest in medical research when he realized that not enough is known about his grandmother's illness and even more so when we found that there has not been enough research done on the causes and effective treatment of ideopathic scoliosis.
The orthotist we saw yesterday told my son about growing up in a small town like we live in and then going off to a college in Chicago where he originally wanted to study sports medicine. His job as an orthotist allows him to help kids like my son and he enjoys it. My son thinks orthotics and prosthetics might be interesting to learn more about too and he knows that this job requires a lot of science and math.
His physical therapists also encourage him to study.
We have experienced waiting lists waiting to see specialists because there are not enough of the where we live. My son sees this as well as the reports on the news about college graduates having trouble finding jobs. I hope he continues to be interested enough in science to continue learning and will not give up if it gets too hard.
