disability

Social Security Bad News

Dory Sutker
January 07, 2009 18:44

I’m sorry to report some bad news. The processing times at the Washington and Baltimore hearing offices have increased. Washington, which used to be in the top 20 hearing offices in the nation for processing time, has dropped to number 65. The average processing time is now 447 days....

Court of Appeal Affirms Jury Verdict Finding Adequate Accommodation

January 07, 2009 03:25

Julie Wilson worked as a radio dispatcher for Orange County's emergency communications system. Because of a disability that was aggravated by stress, she sought accommodations that included assignment only to certain shifts at certain times. The county temporarily gave her exactly what she wanted,...

Featured Link - Living With Diabetes

Bob Kraft
January 06, 2009 21:21

David Mendosa is a medical writer who has written and collected many excellent articles about living with diabetes. Check out his excellent Web site. My thanks to Tom Mighell for pointing out this resource.David Mendosa is a medical writer who has written and collected many excellent articles about...

Texas - A State Of Neglect

Bob Kraft
January 06, 2009 14:58

I was born and raised in the Great State of Texas, and have never been outside its borders for more than about a week at a time. I've been enormously proud to be a Texan, but not so much in recent years as in the past. For the last dozen years or so Texas has become a meaner state in which to live....

Is a Stammer a Disability . . .

January 06, 2009 14:09

. . . requiring an employer to forgo a job interview? No, says the U.K. Employment Appeal Tribunal. The decision is HM Land Registry v. Wakefied, Appeal No. UKEAT/0530//07/ZT, available for downloading over at PJH Law Blog. rb