Greetings,
I discovered this information on an online community for people withdisabilities with which I subscribe to called Disaboom. It's a greatresource for news, advice, networking, jobs, and forums.
The Americans with Disabilities Actdoes not protect whom it was established to inviting discrimination in theworkplace.
The Americans with Disabilities Actwas established July 26, 1990. This legislature was implemented to protectpersons with disabilities and even the playing field for equal opportunityemployment. A person is considered disabled if they meet the following threerequirements:
1. He or she has a physical ormental impairment that substantially limits one or more of his/her major lifeactivities
2. He or she has a record of such animpairment
3. He or she is regarded as havingsuch an impairment.
Ever since the Americans withDisabilities Act was inducted, it has been subject to stricter interpretationdue to precedence from cases ruled over by the Supreme Court. Topics such as,is working a "major life activity" were doubted. These questions and doubtsdirectly impacted the lower courts. Persons persons suffering from epilepsy,diabetes, cancer, HIV, muscular dystrophy, hearing loss, mental illness andmultiple sclerosis are no longer protected if they are able to carry out"major life activities" due to medical aid. They are viewed as "toofunctional" to have a disability and denied their protection previously coveredby the ADA. The issue now arises that a person is "too disabled" to do the job,but not "disabled enough" to receive protection from the very Act establishedto do so. It is up to us to to restore the Americans with Disabilities Act towhat Congress had originally intended.
Be on the lookout for a petitioncurrently being made to demonstrate the peoples' support of this matter. Onlywe can protect our rights and our way of life. Thank you.
Here is the directlink to the forum at Disaboom.com:http://community.disaboom.com/discussions/t/2490.aspx
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