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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m still waiting on mine. Multiple mental heath conditions that require sleep hygiene and medications not compatible with daily 4 hours spent commuting.[/quote]

Commuting is not an ADA issue. You are not entitled to accommodations to avoid the commute regardless of the condition. [/quote]

Are you an attorney?

Some of these commutes are 2 hours long. Many middle aged and older women suffer from degrees of incontinence. They would have to stop at a bathroom, making their commute even longer. I would argue that the commute itself absolutely is an issue for these people and that remote work is a reasonable accommodation.[/quote]

Urogynecologist surgical staffer here. Unless you live in Palm Springs and are commuting to Vegas across the desert, there will be a bathroom along the commute. It’s fine to stop along the way.

Alternatives include Depends/Thinx and / or wicking pads.

Cmon. You’re already wearing the absorbent pads and briefs in your home office, admit this. Just change when you arrive at work. Bring a disposable wipe.

My employer would never agree to sign a letter with her name and NPI stating someone with your diagnosis can’t drive. [/quote]

Genuine question - for many feds there is no parking option, so my commute via transit is one hour door to door. What about fecal incontinence? Also changing diaper etc is very embarrassing and time consuming in a public restroom.[/quote]

People seem to be unaware that affirming dignity is part of the ADA. Requiring a commute when work can be performed equally from a home office creates unnecessary hurdles for someone with a disability.[/quote]

While affirming dignity under the ADA may have been true in previous/normal times, the new administration wants everyone and anyone out at any cost. Even better to boot you if you have a disability because that makes you DEI. They are not following the legally required ADA process or “interactive process.” Their approach is to reject and make you appeal and then hire an attorney at your own expense to sue. They are not following disability law. They are not doing the right or moral thing. I don’t know anyone who has had a reasonable accommodation request granted. They have all been rejected or granted without true accommodation. For example, an employee who has been teleworking full time for years for medical reasons is now being “accommodated” by full time in office but with permission to telework on days they have a medical appointment. That isn’t an accommodation when it’s agency policy. [/quote]

People are not “DEI” merely by having a disability or being anything except an adult under 45 cis het white Christian male with no disabilities or serious health problems. The actual % of Americans who are all of those things is fairly small. Does MAGA only want those people to work? Ridiculous. If you called me DEI I would be pissed at you because I never could fully get on the DEI bandwagon because they did not allow one iota of diversity of thought.

The bigger issue is that this administration does not want government efficiency, they just people to quit and for the agencies to disappear.

Disability accommodations and workplace flexibilities allow for increased workforce participation and being able to bring on and keep talented employees who might otherwise not be able to access a workplace. It is not a new concept and we need to separate it from DEI.[/quote]

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