• @[email protected]
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      118 months ago

      This leads to endless confusion and to court cases exactly like this, which are leveraging the text of the ADA as it stands to make their point.

      That’s how common-law systems are designed to work, though (along with delegation to regulators in the executive branch). You can’t really expect the legislature to think through every single nuance and corner-case a-priori, right?

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        Yeah like if they had a mega list of every disability they could think of, but forgot one, or a new one is discovered, what happens in court? Said new/forgotten disability wouldn’t legally be a disability.

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      I got a disability lump sum for temporary disability due to a nerve disorder. It was based on my previous income and the percentage of time an expert judge I was able to work. (20% according to the expert.)

      I only for $14,000 for 3 years of being disabled.

      The disorder is now managed with medication, incidentally.