My comments on Kat's article:

I'm not sure what there is to be scared about, Kat.  A goodly number of
folks with disabilities have better attendance records with respect to sick
leave than their AB counterparts. It boils down to "days missed", right?
now in my case, yeah, I miss a lot of days due to pain.  The pain is a
direct result of my disability, but there are plenty of CPers who work, have
no pain, and therefore don't miss work.  The "pain" is the illness, not the
CP.

The article does raise an interesting question, though:  I said, "A goodly
number of folks with disabilities have better attendance records with
respect to sick leave than their AB counterparts."  I wonder, have any
studies been done to back up my claim?  I know it's anecdotal evidence, but
it always seemed to me that my disabled colleagues have always had as good,
if not better, attendance records as compared to the AB folks in the same
shop.

-Kyle