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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!
# 22,520:
11:51 am PST, Jan 1,
Anne Jernigan, North Carolina
# 22,519:
10:18 pm PST, Dec 31,
Joyce Barone, Pennsylvania
# 22,518:
10:35 am PST, Dec 29,
Rondi Bogwald, New Jersey
Diabetics not only suffer an incurable problem, and feel outcast by many venues, they have to pay so much out of pocket for care -- high costs motivated by the insatiable pharmaceutical industry that never seems to have money problems.
Diabetics not only suffer an incurable problem, and feel outcast by many venues, they have to pay so much out of pocket for care -- high costs motivated by the insatiable pharmaceutical industry that never seems to have money problems.
# 22,517:
6:23 am PST, Dec 29,
Anne Joyce, Minnesota
# 22,516:
2:07 pm PST, Dec 27,
Thomas Blaney, Oklahoma
# 22,515:
8:42 am PST, Dec 25,
Carrie Weil, California
# 22,514:
1:09 pm PST, Dec 23,
Melissa Carrera, Texas
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10:24 am PST, Dec 23,
Diane Jalbert, Georgia
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8:31 pm PST, Dec 21,
Jennifer Gardner, Florida
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7:27 am PST, Dec 20,
Andrew Russell, New York
# 22,509:
11:57 pm PST, Dec 18,
Sydney McDermott, Arizona
# 22,508:
9:19 am PST, Dec 18,
Naibsel Morris, Texas
# 22,507:
11:48 am PST, Dec 17,
Michael Cozens, Canada
# 22,506:
5:42 am PST, Dec 17,
Alison Rashedi, New Mexico
# 22,505:
9:40 pm PST, Dec 16,
Suzanne Jedrzejewski, New York
# 22,504:
9:21 am PST, Dec 16,
Melinda Manderbach, California
Show your support for your constituents living with diabetes and other chronic diseases and co-sponsor the Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act.
Show your support for your constituents living with diabetes and other chronic diseases and co-sponsor the Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act.
# 22,503:
5:00 am PST, Dec 16,
Sarah Peters, Nebraska
# 22,502:
4:02 pm PST, Dec 15,
David Rossi, Texas
# 22,501:
5:41 pm PST, Dec 14,
Jonathan Ayers, Florida
# 22,500:
2:07 pm PST, Dec 13,
Sarah Bennett, Texas
# 22,499:
10:26 pm PST, Dec 11,
Jon Nowak, New York
# 22,498:
11:08 pm PST, Dec 10,
Corinne Broskette, Florida
# 22,497:
3:59 pm PST, Dec 9,
Marisol Stanton, Florida
# 22,496:
3:44 am PST, Dec 8,
Rhonda Fazenbaker, Maryland
# 22,495:
7:19 am PST, Dec 5,
Arlena Morton, Indiana
# 22,494:
9:33 pm PST, Dec 4,
JoEllen Gorman, New York
# 22,493:
10:26 am PST, Dec 4,
Sandra Beryle, Florida
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6:32 pm PST, Dec 3,
Doris Thomas, Oregon
I am diabetic we should be cover and not discrimated cause we have an illness or a chronic problem. we have to a right to work and have the freedom like everyone else. |
# 22,491:
7:53 pm PST, Nov 29,
Mike Cohn, Michigan
# 22,490:
10:21 am PST, Nov 28,
Teri Ashley, Nevada
# 22,489:
3:49 pm PST, Nov 27,
Costa Maoudis, United Kingdom
# 22,488:
6:29 am PST, Nov 27,
Jessica Price, Texas
I believe that every person with any type of disability should not be discriminated against. This case here is ridiculous. I have been a diabetic since the age of three and sometimes it is not easy for people with this illness to fit in with the crowd. People should really be ashamed! To add to the matter...more than likely all the ones who are discriminating are the ones who have never had to deal with any type of illness! I feel for them. People like this should experience some type of un-normal life if you will just so they know how it feels!
I believe that every person with any type of disability should not be discriminated against. This case here is ridiculous. I have been a diabetic since the age of three and sometimes it is not easy for people with this illness to fit in with the crowd. People should really be ashamed! To add to the matter...more than likely all the ones who are discriminating are the ones who have never had to deal with any type of illness! I feel for them. People like this should experience some type of un-normal life if you will just so they know how it feels!
# 22,487:
8:26 pm PST, Nov 25,
Michael Cryer, Colorado
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8:12 pm PST, Nov 24,
Matthew Tripp, South Carolina
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# 22,485:
5:45 pm PST, Nov 24,
Anna Meacham, Georgia
# 22,484:
6:57 am PST, Nov 24,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 22,483:
11:12 pm PST, Nov 22,
Niki Gianni, Illinois
# 22,482:
11:38 am PST, Nov 22,
Holly Travis, Tennessee
# 22,481:
5:37 pm PST, Nov 21,
Ellen Saal, Ohio
# 22,480:
3:54 am PST, Nov 21,
D. Phillips, California
Please protect American citizens with diabetes. We did not ask for this disability and deserve to be protected under the law just like everyone else.
Please protect American citizens with diabetes. We did not ask for this disability and deserve to be protected under the law just like everyone else.
# 22,479:
6:20 pm PST, Nov 17,
Sharla Stone, California
# 22,478:
3:02 pm PST, Nov 17,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 22,477:
1:16 pm PST, Nov 17,
Noris Nunez, New Jersey
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10:57 am PST, Nov 17,
Jeannie Gibbons, Texas
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8:30 am PST, Nov 17,
Sharon L. Leggett, Pennsylvania
# 22,474:
3:26 pm PST, Nov 16,
Carmen Vendelin, Pennsylvania
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11:17 am PST, Nov 16,
Jennifer Heneghan, Florida
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9:03 am PST, Nov 16,
Denise Dunlap, Virginia
# 22,471:
10:03 pm PST, Nov 15,
Robert Camara, Missouri
# 22,470:
8:11 pm PST, Nov 15,
Thiea Arantxa, Indonesia
# 22,469:
5:17 pm PST, Nov 14,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 22,468:
11:36 am PST, Nov 14,
John Hatton, Vermont
# 22,467:
8:46 am PST, Nov 14,
Sarah Chamberlain, Colorado
# 22,466:
10:29 am PST, Nov 13,
Alan Ferkinhoff, Rhode Island
# 22,465:
6:50 am PST, Nov 13,
Toni Sokoloski, Massachusetts
# 22,464:
6:44 am PST, Nov 13,
Tzipora Katz, New Jersey
# 22,463:
5:08 pm PST, Nov 12,
Mary Detrick, Florida
# 22,462:
2:29 pm PST, Nov 12,
Rick Blair, California
# 22,461:
12:49 pm PST, Nov 12,
Audrey Tobias, California
# 22,460:
7:14 am PST, Nov 12,
Berenice St, New York
# 22,459:
7:11 am PST, Nov 12,
Anjanette Noe, Kansas
# 22,458:
2:11 am PST, Nov 12,
Glen Venezio, Puerto Rico
# 22,457:
2:10 am PST, Nov 12,
Brijesh Shah, Ohio
# 22,456:
1:56 am PST, Nov 12,
Mary Lellouche, Washington
# 22,455:
10:58 pm PST, Nov 11,
Jeff Barnard, California
# 22,454:
10:56 pm PST, Nov 11,
Tashia Mccarty, Maryland
# 22,453:
10:03 pm PST, Nov 11,
Joshua Richter, Washington
This is wrong! If the person has diabetes then you SHOULD NOT DISCRIMINATE against!
This is wrong! If the person has diabetes then you SHOULD NOT DISCRIMINATE against!