At 07:29 1999/04/21 -0400, linda wrote, in part:
>Our newspaper ran a report yesterday, reprinted from the Los
>Angeles Times, by David G. Savage, about the Supreme Court
>taking up the question of "What is a disability", and what
>types of conditions and diseases should be protected under
>the American Disabilities Act. Parkinson's is specifically
>mentioned. ... Most judges, adopting a strict and conservative
>approach have said that a person with a disability is someone
>who cannot function. Those who work well and do their jobs do not
>have a disability, even if they are later fired because of a
>disease or a physical impairment....
holy ferengii!
"... a person with a disability is someone who cannot function..."
"function" - meaning?
what?
to what degree?
to whose standard?
to have a determination of disability
subject to such subjective and thus arbitrary nonsense
is...
nonsensical!
fwiw
i have appended below
a press release from the ontario government
summarizing the regulations which i am 'subjected' to
the determination or 'adjudication' on disability
is carried out by a separate adjudication board who evaluate detailed reports
including a medical evaluation by one's own doctor
based on an 'activities of daily living'
questionnaire
knowledge is power
janet
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February 3, 1999
Ontario Disability Support Program Highlights
The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), a new income and employment
supports program for people with disabilities, was proclaimed on June 1,
1998. With proclamation, the government kept its promise to create a new
income and employment supports program for people with disabilities to
better meet their needs.
ODSP includes: income supports for people with disabilities who are in
financial need, and employment supports for people with disabilities who
want to work.
Highlights of the ODSP include:
1. A new definition that does not limit people’s opportunities by labeling
them unemployable,
2. More generous income and asset rules,
3. Greater allowance for family and community support,
4. Re-testing only in cases where a person’s disability is expected to
improve,
5. A centralized disability adjudication unit that makes eligibility
decisions within six to eight weeks, as compared to the old system that
took up to one year,
6. Removal of the label permanently unemployable and the elimination of a
financial penalty if attempts at employment fail, which is fundamental to
people with disabilities achieving independence,
7. Doubling of employment supports funding from $18 million to $35 million,
8. Availability of employment support specialists to help clients access
community services,
9. Involvement of clients in planning and coordinating their own employment
supports
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
http://www.gov.on.ca/CSS/page/news/feb399b2.html
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