exactly. How long did it take us to get curb cuts and accessibility
to public buildings Indeed, we are still fighting for these rights.
The ADA was envisioned to help those of us with severe disabilities.
However, now it has been diluted with every manner of physical
impairment, either real or imaginary. If It took those of us with
severe disabilities 20+ years to accomplish what we did, how much
longer will it take us to make any strides towards equality now that
every Yahoo has joined the disability wagon?
I was just reading that an employee was having outbursts of anger at
the workplace. He was going to be fired until he told his manager
that he had a disability. His disability was anger management issues
and he was being treated for it. So now he cannot be fired and his
fellow workers have to put up with his outbursts of anger as long as
he doesn't hurt anyone and he gets his work done. What has this world come to?
Dan
08:34 PM 9/22/2009, Quadius said something that elicited my response:
Turning the ADA into a catchall will eventually diminish and dilute
the ability of lawyers to effectively gained those reasonable
accommodations from employers if everyone is considered to have some
sort of disability. At least that's my thinking. Then again, I'm
not a lawyer. Thank goodness.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Steve Oldaker
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Dan,
While I am not thrilled with the dilution of what constitutes a disability
in the new ADA, I don't see how the new ADA would be the death of the old
ADA.
A key component of the ADA, both old and new, is REASONABLE accommodation.
The majority of reasonable accommodations involve minimal or no cost, and
expensive accommodations are often financed through tax deductibility or
state Vocational Rehabilitation programs. Also, the disabled employee must
still meet all the requirements for the job, i.e. skills, education,
experience, etc. The newly included disabilities, perhaps considered
marginal by those with severe disabilities like quadriplegia, should require
no more reasonable accommodations than those with severe disabilities,
likely less.
I am only addressing employment and reasonable accommodation. There may be
other perceived or real negative ramifications regarding the new ADA that I
am not aware of and/or have not considered.
Steve - C4, 21 years
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:44 PM
To: Quad List
Subject: [QUAD-L] ADA
What is going on with the ADA? Am I the only one that thinks the new
ADA is going to be the END of the ADA? According to the new rules,
everything is considered a disability. I mean really, ADHD, wearing
eyeglasses, nervousness, overweight, underweight, too tall, too
short, acne. It seems like there is nothing that is not a disability.
I would hate to be an employer today. 95% of my staff would be
wanting an accommodation for their quote unquote disability.
With all of these disabilities floating around, how in the world can
they all be enforced. And if they are, life as we know it would come
to a standstill. Sometimes I think this was some sort of an evil plot
to do away with the ADA. Could someone please tell me how or why this
happened?
This law will never be undone, because it is sacrosanct. Can you
imagine someone saying they want to limit the requirements of the
ADA. What do you guys think?
Dan
