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I read the L.A. Times article you're referring to, Janet (I live in L.A. and read the Times daily) and was totally disgusted as I read it. I picture the members of the Supreme Court looking at Attorney General Janet Reno, who may be the only individual any of them ever meet who's living and working full-time with a chronic degenerative disease, and saying "SHE reputedly has a "disabling" disease, and SHE works full time and then some, so OBVIOUSLY Parkinson's ISN'T a disabling disease!" OYEEEE!!! <---smacking self on forehead> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 8:50 AM Subject: Re: U.S. Supreme Court to decide / disability / the ontario version >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 > > >---------------------------------------------------------- >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 >---------------------------------------------------------- > >janet paterson - 52 now /41 dx /37 onset - [log in to unmask] >613/256/8340 - po box 171/almonte/ontario/k0a 1a0/canada > >Scan some of My Past Posts at: > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm >Mine the PD List Archives at: > http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/ >Cull Nine Million Pub-Med Medical Studies at: > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ >Comb the 'People With Parkinson's' Web-Ring at: > http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=parkie;list >