Justice Department sues apartment management
The Justice Department said today that it is suing a Fitchberg Mass. apartment complex for ADA violations. The problem comes from a request from a disabled person that asked to be moved to an open apartment that would ease the disability. The report did not say but we assume that the initial apartment was probably [...]
Emergency Laws to Protect the Disabled
For those that work for companies we have a link to the law and how you are to be treated. The disabled are usually the first to be tossed out the door and companies try to find excuses to do this. The law explicitly states that companies cannot toss out or layoff disabled people just [...]
US Steel drops job offer because applicant has disability
TradingMarkets.com has a story about a lawsuit brought on by the EEOC on behalf of a disabled person who was denied employment. The Gary, Indiana plant put out a job offer to an applicant who passed all the requirements for the job. The applicant was then tendered an offer of employment and the person was [...]
Service dog unwanted at university
DailyLobo.com reports that a woman going to a local university brought her service dog with her to class. The service dog then sniffed the bag of the student in front of her and the student grabbed a book and made a threatening gesture that he was going to hit the dog. There was no instructor [...]
Disabled workers worth anything?
The Sidney Morning Herald has a story that asks what do the disabled bring to the table for a company. The Australians are trying to get the disabled off of the Social Security rolls and back into a working environment – with mixed results. The government gives the business money to hire a disabled person [...]
President Obama lays an egg
There have been numerous news articles reporting on the horrible behavior of our president on the Tonight Show. On the show, the president compared his bad bowling score to that of someone in the Special Olympics. Of course there was tremendous laughing on the show and everyone thought that it was funny and proper [...]
Surgeon finds it difficult to go back to work after spinal cord injury
The Austin American Statesman has a story about a surgeon that worked 14 hours a day and traveled around the world to provide seminars on surgical procedures as well as running his farm before his life came crashing to a halt. His wife purchased a tractor for him for their 20th wedding anniversary and he [...]
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