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Denied a vacation because of my seizures
Mon, 04/11/2011 - 16:28Comments
Re: Denied a vacation because of my seizures
Submitted by wd123 on Tue, 2011-06-07 - 20:56
I am sorry this has happened. I have been denied jobs, been treated poorly at work, been denied access to services eg health services "because we don't cater for people with this medical condition" after "meetings" were held. Before my condition was diagnosed I was catered with same health services.
I would file complaint, but don't go on that cruise. I am wondering how you could prove this though that you actually rang up? Did you record the call or date or time?
It could get them to change their policy for next either epilepsy or similar condition.
I am sorry this has happened. I have been denied jobs, been treated poorly at work, been denied access to services eg health services "because we don't cater for people with this medical condition" after "meetings" were held. Before my condition was diagnosed I was catered with same health services.
I would file complaint, but don't go on that cruise. I am wondering how you could prove this though that you actually rang up? Did you record the call or date or time?
It could get them to change their policy for next either epilepsy or similar condition.
Re: Denied a vacation because of my seizures
Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Wed, 2011-04-13 - 00:20
Hi CheerBear11, I've tried to keep track of reports of denied access and denied services that were denied because epilepsy was involved. Very few of the reports have later reports, or the outcomes of the resolutions following the format of the anti-discrimintion laws involving epilepsy. One report that is still on the internet, with 43 comments (which match many remarks I started receiving in grade-school over my speech impairments), involves Bingo: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/woman-suffered-epileptic-fit-bingo-game-banned-premises/article-2607705-detail/article.html "Was an Epileptic Passenger 'Sent Off' a Thomson Cruise?" is at: http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4371 and, http://www.cruises.co.uk/109-cruise_news/16422-kicked_off_passengers_hit_out_thomson.html Most of my experiences have been with prospective employers. Soon as my epilepsy becomes known, I'm soon kicked out the door. My last written discrimination complaint was against my own medical clinic when they deemed that epilepsy made it too dangerous for me to make the less than a mile walk to-and-from the clinic from my home, and refused me services because I refused to utilize ambulance services to an ER for identical services otherwise available at the much closer clinic. They reported to the local Adult Protection Services that I was in danger by making the walk, but they changed their minds when they received notice of my formal ADA complaint with the administrative federal agency. I believe they prejudicially didn't want patients with epilepsy (esp. with only Medicaid), and that they tried to exploit safety concerns over absurd biased misconceptions of epilepsy, to otherwise "legally" shield themselves from the ADA. Tadzio