Carolyn, I feel for you!
You DO have rights, and I would make sure to get to know them and then make sure your employer does, too. They could certainly give you another task to do that would allow you more time. In the meantime, consulting with an attorney (who would possibly take your case pro bono) should be your first step.
Good luck!
LIZARD :)
--- On Sun, 1/3/10, Carolyn Burby <cjbkunzie@yahoo.
From: Carolyn Burby <cjbkunzie@yahoo.
Subject: [epilepsy] HELP!! anyone with ideas
To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 8:09 PM
Well looks like I'm going back to step 1 again. I seem to find a job then when they call me in for performance issues its always "you're to slow or I noticed you having problems, seizure activity" I was diagnosed at 15 but when I was a 11/2 had a high fever resulting in convulsions, encephalitis, and paralyzed on my right side. Never got full use of my right side but able to use it.
At TJMaxx I scan all items on markdown and they are now telling me I'm not fast enough. I hear this so often it's making me sick, and if it's not that they say I saw you spacing out from a seizure incident. I told the woman who hired me I had a slow right hand and she said she noticed it. I also mentioned I took meds but didn't say for what. Why let them know if they didn't ask.
I know they will end up letting me go and my husband John said to mention the disability laws but I have a hard time defending myself, because of growing up with the epilepsy and not getting the support from the family. How should I approach the supervisor and mention these laws?
I guess I don't want to get anyone mad and then stay in a job where there will be friction. But I do want to have the same rights as everyone else with no issues.
Thanks,
Carolyn
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