well, richard. the supream court just unaimusly ruled in a case that to
fit the definition of disabled ones condition had to affect substanially the
ability to complete certain major tasks in life. ie eating, dressing,
personal hygene, etc.
  agree with the court or not, that is beginning to narrow down who is
covered and who is not. this case was something to do with carpal tunnel
syndron, but, i can see this leading to other narrowing of just what
contitutes a disability for ada purposes.

  i just got a 2nd opinion and it matched the first. i have a joint in my
right foot that is out. "the joint is gone". i have a splint on the foot,
but, both a podiatrist (sp) and a orthopedic said the joint really needs to
be fused to keep the bones from rubbibnf together and giving me the
associated pain. not good news, but, that is life.


-----Original Message-----
From: RIchard Hudson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [steveslist] Trouble in Ohio and Iowa, Budget news in
Florida, and State ...


In a message dated 2/7/02 8:25:15 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
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> An ousted Easter Seals executive gambled away money she stole from the
> charity for disabled people, a Polk County sheriff's official said
> Wednesday.
>
> Martha Wittkowski was arrested Wednesday on charges she stole almost
> $231,000 from the group. Authorities said she confessed, and her lawyer
said
> she probably would plead guilty.
>
> Wittkowski admitted having a gambling problem and told investigators she
> invented at least one bogus company, falsified invoices and secretly paid
> herself a bonus while siphoning money from the nonprofit agency, said
Chief
> Deputy Sheriff Bill Vaughn.
>
>
> Easter Seals employees in November discovered money missing from a $2.9
> million capital fund being used for improvements at Camp Sunnyside north
of
> Des Moines and the organization's offices on 30th Street.
>
> Wittkowski was fired following an internal audit in January. She was being
> paid $116,667 a year at the time.
>
> Polk County Attorney John Sarcone said Wittkowski's case is among numerous
> incidences of white-collar crime in the past three to four years that can
be
> attributed to gambling or drug addictions. "My guess is that some of it is
> going unreported because people are embarrassed by it," he said.
>



Are we still sure that we want people who are substance abusers and addicts
on the ADA?

How many people with physical, developmental, cognative or sensory
disabilites have stole over $200,000USD because of their "disabilities"?

These addicts are not disabled, often prey on the disabled and case people
to
not want to enforce or abide by the ADA

Richard Hudson


Richard Hudson