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Protect People with Diabetes from Discrimination
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: American Diabetes Association
Stephen Orr, a pharmacist at a Wal-Mart in Nebraska, was fired for taking lunch breaks to manage his diabetes. Yet he was never able to remedy this injustice.
The reason?
Courts have been throwing out diabetes discrimination cases because of an absurd Catch 22, siding with employers who claim that a person with diabetes is "too disabled" to do the job, but not "disabled enough" to be protected by the laws!
That's what happened to Stephen.
The stakes are huge: if a person with diabetes isn’t covered by anti-disability discrimination law, then it's perfectly legal to fire or refuse to hire that person explicitly because of his or her diabetes.
It’s clear Congress intended to protect people with diabetes and other chronic diseases from discrimination when they passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. But that’s not how the courts have interpreted the law.
Help make sure that women and men who should be protected from discrimination are indeed protected! Tell the Senate to support "The Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act."
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We signed the “Protect People with Diabetes from Discrimination” petition!
# 100:
9:36 pm PST, Jan 28,
Kristi Knotts, California
# 99:
9:24 pm PST, Jan 28,
Neville Wright, Australia
# 98:
9:17 pm PST, Jan 28,
Sue Anderson, Australia
I think this is pretty disgusting the sacking of this individual he never asked to be a diabitic I am a boarderline one it is awlful you have to be so careful with food etc.
I think this is pretty disgusting the sacking of this individual he never asked to be a diabitic I am a boarderline one it is awlful you have to be so careful with food etc.
# 97:
9:08 pm PST, Jan 28,
Sandy Lazarevic, New Jersey
# 96:
8:55 pm PST, Jan 28,
Karen Sheaffer, Pennsylvania
# 95:
8:45 pm PST, Jan 28,
Shawna Rose Nixon, California
Dear Senators, please do all you can to correct the injustice done to people with diabetes. I thank you for what you have done already.
Dear Senators, please do all you can to correct the injustice done to people with diabetes. I thank you for what you have done already.
# 94:
8:40 pm PST, Jan 28,
Eva Eberhardt, California
# 93:
8:38 pm PST, Jan 28,
Lynn Quilicot, New York
# 92:
8:38 pm PST, Jan 28,
Penelope Phillips, Australia
Diabetes can strike anyone of us lets protect our own arses
Diabetes can strike anyone of us lets protect our own arses
# 91:
8:31 pm PST, Jan 28,
Name not displayed, New York
# 90:
8:24 pm PST, Jan 28,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 89:
8:22 pm PST, Jan 28,
Janine Sullivan, Arizona
# 88:
8:10 pm PST, Jan 28,
Julie Washburn, Arkansas
# 87:
8:03 pm PST, Jan 28,
Celia Ann, Ohio
# 86:
7:56 pm PST, Jan 28,
JUDY RILEY, Louisiana
The man should be commended for attempting to do his job. The Walmart company is one of the wealthiest in the world, they became wealthy by bare bones agressivness, denying their employees the right to unionize, firing at will!!
The man should be commended for attempting to do his job. The Walmart company is one of the wealthiest in the world, they became wealthy by bare bones agressivness, denying their employees the right to unionize, firing at will!!
# 85:
7:38 pm PST, Jan 28,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 84:
7:34 pm PST, Jan 28,
Jocelyn Koopmann, Australia
# 83:
7:33 pm PST, Jan 28,
Rebecca Delage, Canada
# 82:
7:32 pm PST, Jan 28,
Bess Katerinsky, New York
# 81:
7:26 pm PST, Jan 28,
Judith Ann Gilman, Missouri
# 80:
7:26 pm PST, Jan 28,
Peggy Singh, California
# 79:
7:14 pm PST, Jan 28,
Pamela WolfSong, Rhode Island
# 78:
7:13 pm PST, Jan 28,
Aisha Esha Rafeeq, California
# 77:
7:12 pm PST, Jan 28,
Dogan Ozkan, Turkey
# 76:
7:09 pm PST, Jan 28,
FreeSpirit Running, Florida
# 75:
7:02 pm PST, Jan 28,
Honeysucklebarb Liebowitz, New Jersey
# 74:
7:01 pm PST, Jan 28,
Alysha Thomas, United Kingdom
# 73:
6:54 pm PST, Jan 28,
Dinda Evans, California
# 72:
6:53 pm PST, Jan 28,
Betty Van Wicklen, New York
# 71:
6:50 pm PST, Jan 28,
Jaclin O'Sullivan, New Zealand
# 70:
6:48 pm PST, Jan 28,
Carla Meyer, Illinois
Wal-Mart had no right to fire this person and should pay dearly for the disrespectful way in which he was fired. People with Diabetes have a hard enough time of taking care of this disease. Don't punish them simply because you can. It's a little like the way they punished persons that were in wheelchairs and that was proven wrong. Take care of the People with Diabetes. They too have to work and live as well.
Wal-Mart had no right to fire this person and should pay dearly for the disrespectful way in which he was fired. People with Diabetes have a hard enough time of taking care of this disease. Don't punish them simply because you can. It's a little like the way they punished persons that were in wheelchairs and that was proven wrong. Take care of the People with Diabetes. They too have to work and live as well.
# 69:
6:46 pm PST, Jan 28,
Dianna Ochoa, Arizona
I would like to say as a Type II Diabetic I can only impress that both Types I & II usually require at least 5 to six small & I mean small meals a day pretty much consisting of a small apple or orange, one slice of bread, soup, salad and so on .... if you follow your diet your only allowed so many carbs per meal per day. These "Meals" take less time than a smoke break or a bathroom break. To be denied work because your well-being requires a level blood glucose is criminal and totally discriminating. Please promote laws that will protect people with diabetes from discrimination. Employers should try to apply some flexability in that a person requiring an extended break be required to make up that time so that neither the employer or employee are taken advantage of. Good hard working people are hard to find and are worth making a mutually agreeable working enviroment. Please make a difference. :)
I would like to say as a Type II Diabetic I can only impress that both Types I & II usually require at least 5 to six small & I mean small meals a day pretty much consisting of a small apple or orange, one slice of bread, soup, salad and so on .... if you follow your diet your only allowed so many carbs per meal per day. These "Meals" take less time than a smoke break or a bathroom break. To be denied work because your well-being requires a level blood glucose is criminal and totally discriminating. Please promote laws that will protect people with diabetes from discrimination. Employers should try to apply some flexability in that a person requiring an extended break be required to make up that time so that neither the employer or employee are taken advantage of. Good hard working people are hard to find and are worth making a mutually agreeable working enviroment. Please make a difference. :)
# 68:
6:30 pm PST, Jan 28,
Kat Ferrara, New Jersey
# 67:
6:21 pm PST, Jan 28,
Ron Matthews, United Kingdom
# 66:
6:10 pm PST, Jan 28,
Ange Barrett, United Kingdom
# 65:
6:09 pm PST, Jan 28,
Gail Costic, Pennsylvania
# 64:
6:09 pm PST, Jan 28,
Rosalie Pellew, Australia
# 63:
6:05 pm PST, Jan 28,
Teresa Poulson, California
# 62:
6:04 pm PST, Jan 28,
L Jenna Fisher, Canada
# 61:
6:03 pm PST, Jan 28,
Cate Groves, Connecticut
# 60:
6:00 pm PST, Jan 28,
Brian Guadagno, New Jersey
# 59:
6:00 pm PST, Jan 28,
JAY Antol, Virginia
# 58:
5:56 pm PST, Jan 28,
Melinda Lester, West Virginia
# 57:
5:52 pm PST, Jan 28,
Tom Maxwell, California
# 56:
5:49 pm PST, Jan 28,
Celestial AJ Wheeler, New York
# 55:
5:48 pm PST, Jan 28,
Lydia Swindell, New Jersey
# 54:
5:46 pm PST, Jan 28,
Cecelia LaPointe, Michigan
# 53:
5:43 pm PST, Jan 28,
Susan Mann, Virgin Islands
Please don't forget about restoring the ADA!!! My son has Type I Diabetes. Besides, Walmart is not above the law...or are they???
Please don't forget about restoring the ADA!!! My son has Type I Diabetes. Besides, Walmart is not above the law...or are they???
# 52:
5:34 pm PST, Jan 28,
Farhat Paracha, Pakistan
# 51:
5:25 pm PST, Jan 28,
Terri Williams, Arizona