Well, I consider myself liberal, but in this case, I think Congress left the
language way too vague in drafting the ADA. I'm all for inclusion, but within
reasonable limits. Now we're paying the price in that the Supreme Court is
making it too restrictive, and I'm afraid that at some point the ADA will be
rendered useless for all practical purposes.
I know some people consider obesity a disability but I don't agree with them.
Obesity in itself doesn't create limitations in one's day-to-day life, unless
one is morbidly obese, which is another story. If obesity itself were a
disability, then the majority of adults in the US would be considered
disabled. We, as a nation, are far too fat and unhealthy. We really do need
to clean up our act.
Kat
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:09:36 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I think we are seeing a bit of an ADA backlash because there have been
abuses. I think the original intent WAS to be vague in order to be as
inclusive as possible, but the way things are going it looks like the
Supreme Court may gut the whole thing (sometimes I hate being a conservative
<g>).
-K.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:03 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Therma-wrap or similar product
Gad, I hate it when people do that. Spoils it for us legitimately disabled
folks.
I remember a case a few years back in which a couple of obese pilots sued
the
FAA under the ADA (can't remember if the FAA had denied them licenses or
what), and their cases were thrown out of court if I remember right. The
guy
I was dating at the time was a pilot, and he was raling against the
litigants,
saying they weren't disabled and they had no ADA rights to sue.
Kat
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:50:14 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Yeah, well I thought this would be an ADA no-brainer...at least that's what
I got told originally. Seems the fellow with the migraines (the one who
bitches about having to work when he has a headache) is really making the
powers-that-be very tired of hearing that acronym. Stupid git is going to
foul the waters for the honest folk that really need a little ADA help.
-Kyle
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:46 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Therma-wrap or similar product
Unfortunately that's the way things are these days. Corporate (and
non-profit) pockets are getting shallower, and here at my company, every
request to IT is scrutinised for savings. I've had to fight for every piece
of none-MS Office or non-database software on my laptop.
Kat
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:11:47 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thanks, Kat. Turns out that my "blank cheque" may not be so blank after all
<sigh>. Oh well, at least there's job security it gu'ment work. Maybe.
-Kyle
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 12:24 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Therma-wrap or similar product
Kyle,
It's actually "Dragon Naturally Speaking," and on the
http://www.pcconnection.com site, it's offered for $539 for the full
professional version.
Kat
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:40:16 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Kat, you have a "ballpark" $$$ on Dragon Dictate? I'll send it on down to
our Purchasing guy if it's <$1K.
Thanks much!
-Kyle
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