Disability

Anything with a BUSH in it had hidden consequences.

I remember saying, "I'm not worried about losing my job! There is the American With Disabilities Act to protect me!".

It is a mandate, not a "law".

A mandate is a set of instructions that are guidelines that they hope will be followed. It doesn't require any one to do anything (like reasonable accommodation). I remember asking for different lighting in the office I worked in. They played with those fluorescent tubes in the room I was in but it didn't help.

As for doing something to actually help me adjust to this shock, there was nothing done. Co-workers were glad I often thought as I have a Master's degree. None of the others had more than an Associate's degree. I was a big threat to them.

There were other things going on too (like sexual harassment!). No one would step up to the plate and acknowledge the reality of the situation.

In the end, I found myself packing my belongings up and putting them in my car and driving away. I never went back again.

The whole situation made me so sick, it became impossible for me to return even IF they had TRIED to accommodate me.

Like I wrote, anything with BUSH in it is ...

I learned my lesson the hard way.

I'm probably getting close to the end of this journey called life. Living on $1,000 a month is very difficult. I had eight infections last year alone. I struggle every day to make ends meet. I often wonder how the hell I do it. Now that my husband is gone, I am isolated and grief stricken. There is no help for me.

All they did for me is mail me multiple copies of this HUGE document called the Americans with Disability Act. It is thousands of pages long and not legible nor comprehensible for the majority of the American public. What a damned farce!

Just remember, everyone in the world is one step away from this reality. The reality of an elderly disabled woman trying to hang-on.