Posted by jay on January 31, 2003, at 23:08:02
In reply to Re: 'Rock' solid » jay, posted by wendy b. on January 31, 2003, at 16:06:02
> You know, Jay, I think every situation is different. I never came out and told anyone at my former job that I had depression/anxiety/bipolar, but, when I took two months off on short-term disability, I provided them with all the proper doctor's notes and forms that were required. Still, when I came back and asked for accommodations, they refused me (this was an Ivy-League university), and then they put enough letters of warning in my file for being "recalcitrant" and "insubordinate" that they then had their pretext for firing me. You'd have thought people at a university would know better, but they don't, they're no more enlightened than anybody else - in fact, I think even less so.
> I had reservations about telling everybody that I has my particular illnesses, because I was afraid of being stigmatized. I don't really think this is cowardly, just self-protective, given my circumstances and the particular people I had to deal with.
> So now I'm sueing them for flagrant violations of the ADA. The person who supervised me (a department chair) said under oath that she had *never* been trained in ADA. This is someone who managed a lot of people, including faculty. Then the VP for HR there said point-blank, under oath, that they didn't even offer it to chairs, and just posting the provisions of the ADA on the university web site was enough... Amazing!
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> Anyway, for more info, look at the thread above:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20030120/msgs/35945.html
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> Take care,
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> Wendy
>Wendy..maybe you are quite right...in that why should we have to cover this up? Man, I feel so torn..and it's like *nobody* will stick up for us (unless we have a million dollars for a good lawyer!). In some ways..like being a captive Jewish person in Nazi Germany. Just this topic get's me so depressed about chances of surviving in the world out there again. I am very glad you stood up..and where so very brave. I hope the best for you...
Sincerely,
Jay
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20030120/msgs/36032.html