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From: Phil.Dacey@p0.f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Phil Dacey)
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Subject: Discrimination or Blind Justice?
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Date: 2 Oct 90 01:03:13 GMT
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I have a close friend who has lead a tough life and an extremely tough 
year. She's probably been hospitalized for 4 to 5 months in the last 
12. Despite that she is employed by the state VR agency for the blind. 
Right now she's recovering from double transplant surgery. The surgery 
was in June and complications have ensued. Given time, she'll be back 
on board and working at a high level of competence. Despite her illness 
in the past year, her level of service has been very good. Now however 
with deep threatened cutbacks, her boss is pressuring her to return. 
Also due to past complications of chronic illness she has little night 
vision and as the days grow shorter, she has to be off the road before 
sunset. She provides direct care crisis intervention to elderly blind 
clients. She was very able to offer good competent service during day 
light hours in the past and be home before sundown and direct her 
efforts and time towards her paperwork. She also worked with a blind 
colleague who worked with a a driver, who was generally home and off 
the road by 2:30 pm, winter, spring, summer, fall. Should reasonable 
accomodations include flex hours on the road and working at home to 
meet goals and objectives or should she be removed from her position. 
I'm really to close to the situation to be objective. Can anyone help 
with some feedback?

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