> 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 yourinvalidity (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.
> 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])
>
I had to read it twice before I believed that Jeremy really said what he said.
The sentence:"as long as you don't start playing on your invalidity" is
horrifying.
It seems to say the diseased is completely responsible for what happens to him
and he has no right to ask for help. Everyone accepts that a point may come
when further adaptation is impossible. If so it is a tradegy, for which nobody
can be blamed.
Jeremy, if John's boss should ask your advice on this matter, what should you
say?
John, lack of adequate adaptation of the work for PWP's might be caused by
misunderstanding of the consequences of the disease. Are you sure John your
boss understands the impact of your disease? We all know that is especially for
PWP's a big problem.
Ida Kamphuis,52/12+
Holland
