Can you join the peace corps while on medication?
Their website says that you may not be qualified if you have a medical disability that may interfere with your job. Does this include people that are dependent on medication and can perform their job correctly as long as they are able to be regularly supplied with the meds they need? Does the Peace Corps accommodate handicaps? Example: Placing someone who has a CPAP(nightly breathing machine for sleep apnea) in a location with electricity? ..Or would this be grounds for rejection?
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The answer is it totally depends. They can accomodate some similar type requirements such as allowing a diabetic who needs insulin (and electricity for power) to serve if they are in control. However, this greatly limits the areas you will qualify to serve in and means that you are going to have to show some special skill or experience that is lacking overall in the program. It also means that your overall time to qualify through medical clearance will most likely be longer, and that you might be in limbo a little longer than others. In my group, we have a diabetic, people on different medications for cholesterol or other maintenance conditions, and we pretty much have electricity most of the time. So–apply and start the medical process. On the Peace Corps website, they have a list of automatic disqualifications and they have a list of conditions that can be accomodated. Check it out, start the process, and see what happens. Good luck!
I watched my daughter join the peace corp. She didn’t have power when I came and visited her in Africa. When I went to the town where she pulled R & R they shut the power off at 11 and turned it back on some time that morning. So if you’re depending on the power in the peace corp for Sleep Apnea you’re depending on something that might not happen. Not Good.