My attendance this past year was not the best due to surgery and the recovery
process, but I've been reassured it will not be counted against me in my
performance review next month.  I do do rather well compared to some of my
co-workers who seem to live for vacation days.

As for the article, I'm not scared so much as a bit nervous at the door
opening to a wider interpretation of productivity vs. time on the job. What if
"illness" were expanded to include disabilities? What would happen to those
who have to take time off for doctor's visits or therapies, etc.?

Kat

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:53:41 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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