Date sent: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:49:24 +0000
Send reply to: Liz Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
From: Liz Ellis <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Invisible disabilities and the disability card
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> 1, As someone taking a few difficult classes at uni, the only way you can get an extension at my
> college is if you have a detailed doctor's note giving details of reasons for an extension. Simply
> crying to the lecturer cuts no ice here!>>>>
Well, I'm not sure that's how it work everywhere.
Additionally, GPs give short shift to suspected malingerers
> and often make you pay for the note!
If you're labeled with a "mental illness", it is presumed that you're
sick. Most GPs in Canada -- I imagine a good 90% -- would not
even hesitate a sec. to fulfill your request. Perhaps things are
different in the UK.
>
> 2, For UK school students, if you don't make the grade in your GCSEs and get a good place at uni,
> then you resit them.
I'm not familiar with UK schools, but I know something now.
>
> 3, Lucky you having a job when you also have a mental illness! Lack of performance in the
> workplace would lead to lower promotion prospects and lower pay. More likely to get the boot
> when cutbacks come as well.>>>>
I imagine it depends on the laws the lands ( the nature of the job
and the typpe the employer -- private, public, etc.)
>
> 4, Do you have any evidence to back this up? >>>
Almost 14 years of personal experience.
Given the distrust that people with mental illnesses
> experience, I would think most people, myself included, would keep quiet, rather than hoping to
> get in on some tokenistic quota scheme. That said, people with differing mental illnesses, can
> bring differing and valuble qualities to the work place. >>>>
Agree. And despite their "illness"...
At least quotas may mean they get a
> chance, although I suspect that people with mental illness employed on a quota scheme, get the
> less demanding and rewarding jobs and thus the less well paid jobs.
>
You just hit the nail on the coffin, though I doubt you realize why...
DOQ
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