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In a message dated 97-03-11 00:46:38 EST, Jeremy Brown quotes John C Faus concerning "reasonable accomodation" and Parkinsons Disease: << MR JOHN C FAUS <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote >I'm still working full-time (not saying it's a breeze) with the >almost comical "accommodation" that "when circumstances > allow", I have clearance from the CEO to depart at 4:45 p.m. >> As Jeremy Brown then goes on to say >>> If it's any help, John, I can understand your boss's position: he only really wants productive people on his team - well, it stands to reason, doesn't it. So long as you don't start playing on your invalidity (which game, like most bosses, he will have had played on him at various points in his managerial career) and you continue to produce good results, he should be quite amenable to the odd concession as you need it. <<<< Really, Jeremy. I believe in an honest wage for an honest day's work but which Chas Dickens novels have we been reading of late? I could perhaps see your viewpoint if, as a Parkinsonian yourself, you were torn between your role as a manager and your unwanted but nevertheless God given role as a Parkinsons sufferer. But, I see no rent in the fabric, no tear, no indication of any distress in "dealing the cards the way they have been dealt.' Can I have some more gruel, please, sir? I cannot fathom this line of thinking. To me, this isn't an accomodation the man is asking for ... it is more similar to a prisoner having to ask permission to open the door through which he must pass to reach his cell. And to tell him he can leave 15 minutes early, when time and circumstances permit, due to his "condition" and predicated on his years of trustworthy service to me sounds very suspiciously ungracious and paternalistic. As John himself intuits, sometime in the future when he will be forced to ask for some kind of substancial help, what do you think he should expect? Others? opinions? Please excuse the apparent brusqueness of my reply. I don't mean to be rude, Jeremy, but I am truly having trouble with your stance. signed, Don Anderson, (aka [log in to unmask])