Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[JD]

So I got fired from my job at Lowe's yesterday, basically for being autistic/neurodivergent, they said it was because I didn't talk and socialize with the costumers the way they wanted. When this first came up a few months I repeatedly tried to see if they could find a way to help me, but they all did was say I had to figure out something myself and just do better. Which is completely bullshit because if I could figure out a way to not be this way I would have when I was a kid.
And I asked about the disbility rules, and they said it didn't apply because this was a job requirement. But I was under the impression this was exactly the kind of situation it was made for since I can do the rest of the job fine, and this was something that could easily be worked around.
I have to admit, if I had more money I would have been tempted to try to get dibability lawyer or advocacy group's help dealing with them.

Watching Farscape and then looking online, Moya is twice the size of the Enterprise D in length, the things you learn

Wow, I didn't realize she was that big.

Is it possible for me to convince my parents that taking smartphone calls in public in speaker mode is a bad thing?

It drives me crazy when people do that, we don't all want to hear people's private phone calls. While we were waiting in a doctor's office a little while back there was some lady having a conversation about her husband with another doctor or insurance company and just giving out all of his personal and medical information out loud in the middle of the almost full waiting room.

 

[Avro Arrow]

So I got fired from my job at Lowe's yesterday, basically for being autistic/neurodivergent, they said it was because I didn't talk and socialize with the costumers the way they wanted. When this first came up a few months I repeatedly tried to see if they could find a way to help me, but they all did was say I had to figure out something myself and just do better. Which is completely bullshit because if I could figure out a way to not be this way I would have when I was a kid.
And I asked about the disbility rules, and they said it didn't apply because this was a job requirement. But I was under the impression this was exactly the kind of situation it was made for since I can do the rest of the job fine, and this was something that could easily be worked around.
I have to admit, if I had more money I would have been tempted to try to get dibability lawyer or advocacy group's help dealing with them.

So sorry to hear that, JD.

Do they have Human Rights Tribunals in Arizona? Here in Ontario, it doesn't cost anything to submit an application to the tribunal. Although you can choose to hire legal representation, you don't have to, and if you're eligible I believe you can access free legal counsel through the Human Rights Legal Support Centre.

Granted, I don't know necessarily what human rights-based legal protections you have in Arizona.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

being amused at the crazy things people try to invent, watching videos about the Rosmar car

 

[JD]

So sorry to hear that, JD.

Do they have Human Rights Tribunals in Arizona? Here in Ontario, it doesn't cost anything to submit an application to the tribunal. Although you can choose to hire legal representation, you don't have to, and if you're eligible I believe you can access free legal counsel through the Human Rights Legal Support Centre.

Granted, I don't know necessarily what human rights-based legal protections you have in Arizona.

I don't think we have anything like that out here.
Oh, and I had something kind of weird happen that's never happened to me after we got home. I started freaking out and losing it for a few minutes, but then it stopped and it was like someone flipped a switch, and I literally felt no emotions for most of the rest of the day. The best analogy I can come up with is that it was like Data with his motion chip in the TNG movies, only involuntary.

 

[Captain Marsh]

So sorry to hear that, JD.

Do they have Human Rights Tribunals in Arizona? Here in Ontario, it doesn't cost anything to submit an application to the tribunal. Although you can choose to hire legal representation, you don't have to, and if you're eligible I believe you can access free legal counsel through the Human Rights Legal Support Centre.

Granted, I don't know necessarily what human rights-based legal protections you have in Arizona.

We have the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) here in the US and unfortunately there have been multiple attempts to get rid of it. Now we live with a version of the ADA that's been in a lot of ways stripped and gutted. Also, while we do have the government organizations like the EEOC and various state agencies here in the US that investigate discrimination in the workplace, I wouldn't trust them with this administration. Not to mention that most states here in the US have "At Will" employment laws, which means you can get fired without warning or reason. Hell, employers here often lie about why you were fired.

You can sue employers with or without the EEOC or various state agencies, but you have to have a crap ton of evidence/documentation to support you. I mean months upon months of emails, recordings, and witnesses willing testify on your behalf. And witnesses who are coworkers oftentimes are not willing to testify due to fear of retaliation (despite retaliation being illegal here in the US). Finally, most employers nowadays have employees sign NDA's (nondisclosure agreements), meaning in a lot of ways you can't even talk about what went on at work anymore.

 

[Commander Troi]

Not to mention that most states here in the US have "At Will" employment laws, which means you can get fired without warning or reason. Hell, employers here often lie about why you were fired.

Arizona is "at will". It really sucks.

 

[Captain Marsh]

There was a famous ADA case filed about a decade ago by the EEOC on behalf of Marlo Spaeth and her family against Walmart in Wisconsin. Spaeth has Down Syndrome and was an excellent employee. But she relied on a very strict and set schedule and requested accommodations for her schedule. Well, Walmart sometime later started changing her schedule and she started missing shifts which and she got fired, which prompted the ADA lawsuit. A few years ago in 2021, the jury awarded Spaeth $125 million, which was reduced to $300,000 (as that is the max you can get as per the law). The judge also ordered Walmart to rehire/reinstate Spaeth as an employee.

But like I said, I wouldn't trust the EEOC or state agencies with the current administration.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

wondering why congressional kangaroo court hearing about doctor fauchi did even happen

because 1 its a kangaroo court and 2 the trump right wing orbit are at again with there antics hijinks and shenanigans and 3 does the trump right wing orbit even know what pandemic means

 

[bdub76]

wondering why congressional kangaroo court hearing about doctor fauchi did even happen

because 1 its a kangaroo court and 2 the trump right wing orbit are at again with there antics hijinks and shenanigans and 3 does the trump right wing orbit even know what pandemic means

It's all political theatre.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

wondering why congressional kangaroo court hearing about doctor fauchi did even happen

because 1 its a kangaroo court and 2 the trump right wing orbit are at again with there antics hijinks and shenanigans and 3 does the trump right wing orbit even know what pandemic means

They made it seem like they're out for blood on our local news but then they need hysterical headlines

BTW August 5th a rocket is going to crash into the Moon just on the edge of the light side so get ready if you have a telescope

 

[auntiehill]

Really worried about my Mom.

 

[cooleddie74]

The blistering and humid heat of recent weeks are now history. I can't be thankful enough.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

The blistering and humid heat of recent weeks are now history. I can't be thankful enough.

You're not a hot weather person?

 

[cooleddie74]

Not as I get older, no.

 

[bdub76]

Trying to figure out where to go on vacation with the fires in Canada impacting potential locations and then the heat domes that are over a lot of the country. It's frustrating.

 

[publiusr]

So I got fired from my job at Lowe's yesterday, basically for being autistic/neurodivergent, they said it was because I didn't talk and socialize with the costumers the way they wanted.
I have to admit, if I had more money I would have been tempted to try to get dibability lawyer or advocacy group's help dealing with them.

I am not a people person myself. There are jobs in security where you can be by yourself.

If we had money we would not have to do jobs we hate with individuals we can't stand.

I often lament what could have been...I was fired last year...and now work 7 days straight.

Be careful what you ask for...

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[JD]

Like I said in my other post, I'm autistic, well technically I'm not officially diagnosed, but I was one step away from a diagnosis a while back before it fell apart (the doctor's fault not mine), and I have had similar diagnoses like sensory integration ( I think that's what it's called) disorder and social anxiety, so it goes way beyond just not being a people person for me.
I've thought about trying again to get a official diagnosis, but with our currrent administration I'm scared to. I already saw one article a few months ago about how they're removing all of the protections for people with things like autism, and that they appear to be heading back towards just institutionalizing people again.

We have the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) here in the US and unfortunately there have been multiple attempts to get rid of it. Now we live with a version of the ADA that's been in a lot of ways stripped and gutted. Also, while we do have the government organizations like the EEOC and various state agencies here in the US that investigate discrimination in the workplace, I wouldn't trust them with this administration. Not to mention that most states here in the US have "At Will" employment laws, which means you can get fired without warning or reason. Hell, employers here often lie about why you were fired.

As much as I wish I could, I'm not going to take things that far.

You can sue employers with or without the EEOC or various state agencies, but you have to have a crap ton of evidence/documentation to support you. I mean months upon months of emails, recordings, and witnesses willing testify on your behalf. And witnesses who are coworkers oftentimes are not willing to testify due to fear of retaliation (despite retaliation being illegal here in the US). Finally, most employers nowadays have employees sign NDA's (nondisclosure agreements), meaning in a lot of ways you can't even talk about what went on at work anymore.

Yeah, I don't think there's any way I'd stand a chance in an actual lawsuit.

The blistering and humid heat of recent weeks are now history. I can't be thankful enough.

Not here in AZ, I think ours is just starting.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

It's all political theatre.

amen

 

[camdudetenger2018]

They made it seem like they're out for blood on our local news but then they need hysterical headlines

BTW August 5th a rocket is going to crash into the Moon just on the edge of the light side so get ready if you have a telescope

its crazy

 

[Captain Marsh]

Like I said in my other post, I'm autistic, well technically I'm not officially diagnosed, but I was one step away from a diagnosis a while back before it fell apart (the doctor's fault not mine), and I have had similar diagnoses like sensory integration ( I think that's what it's called) disorder and social anxiety, so it goes way beyond just not being a people person for me.
I've thought about trying again to get a official diagnosis, but with our currrent administration I'm scared to. I already saw one article a few months ago about how they're removing all of the protections for people with things like autism, and that they appear to be heading back towards just institutionalizing people again.

Yeah, well I got my dx (Asperger's at the time) in 2011 at the age of 27 after being diagnosed with ADD and a crapload of other things starting as a kid in the late 1980's. Got mine for free/taxpayer funded by filing for Social Security Disability (SSDI in my case). But whether or not you can get on Social Security Disability for autism actually depends on what state you live in. From what I've heard, autistic people who live in states like Arizona, Tennessee, and South Carolina cannot get on Social Security for autism.

Hell, I got on SSDI on my 2nd attempt in 2019 (without courts or a lawyer). And I just recently had to fill out forms that they send every few years to determine if you are disabled anymore. In those forms, I pointed out everything that has been going on with me since I was little and everything that has been going on since I last had to fill out the forms. If they decide to drop me, I'm getting a lawyer because I have doctors who have specifically told me "I/we don't want you working at all."

The one thing though that did shock me at the time I got diagnosed was the fact that help/supports/services for people who got diagnosed as adults as being on the autism spectrum is almost nonexistent as everything is for kids. And if you do tell what few organizations that do exist for autistic adults that you got diagnosed as an adult, you'll more than likely get turned down.

1) There's WAY more funding for kids on the autism spectrum than for adults on the autism spectrum. Before all the changes that have happened in the last year or so, funding for research and help for autistic kids came from the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human services (which includes the NIH), state programs, private and charity organizations, etc.

2) Funding for research into adults on the autism spectrum comes from the National Science Foundation and the NIH. And they get far less funding than for research into adults on the autism spectrum

3) Back in the 1970's, Congress passed what is now called IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) requiring schools to give whatever services students with disabilities need for free (albeit it can be a real fight to get them). There are no similar laws for adults with disabilities.

4) Society's views. Kids on the autism spectrum (or any kind of disability) tend to pull people's heartstrings whereas adults on the autism spectrum (or any kind of disability) don't.