I agree with thinker22 that I am not required to disclose my disability but what do I say to a potential employer to explain the ten year gap in my resume? And what about the board of nursing? I simply let my license lapse when I became disabled. I have talked with my psychiatrist about returning to work and we both feel that I am not ready to return to a critical care unit but I could teach, do research or work as a nurse paralegal and try returning to work part time. Who has the responsibility to decide what I am competent to do now? The board of nursing, my doctor, me or all of us?