Re: The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability

[Guest guest]

Thank you Gretchen,

This info will be very helpful.

Donna in Indy.

[Guest guest]

The thing to consider is the size of the agency you work for. I have a friend

who was fired for having chronic ahsma and sad enough she was a social worker

who had been there 7 years without ever having a bad review. The agency made

sure they hired no more then

25 employees and made sure each affiliated office was just far enough away so

that they can continue to be exempt from the EEO/ADA.

She called the federal agency and they told her they could fire you for any

reason whether your of a different nationality, disabiled, age whatever.

I was very angry hearing that so I quit that agency and worked for the state

where I was protected. Also there are little things

to consider. They can demote you if you can not perform the job but there needs

to be " reasonable efforts " to accomodate. I deal with this all the time being

an administator for the state in a legal

department. On one of my seminars, it showed that disabled employees usually

are more productive employees but unfortunately there is still a stigma

associated with disabled workers being slow

unproductive workers. Often times they never get the job because of it.

I do think people need to be reasonable. I would not go for a job I couldn't

physically do and complain later about and expect my

employer to keep me. I am by far the most productive one at my job and yes I

push myself more then the average person but its what happens to people like us

who are disabled.

Andy