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> You can't ask for accommodations for mental illness, is my definition. No idea what you're talking about because obviously you can.
by guerrilla 5y ago
> You can't ask for accommodations for mental illness, is my definition.
No idea what you're talking about because obviously you can.
- perl4ever 5y agoI'm probably not in disagreement with you about any facts regarding mental illness and tolerance thereof in the workplace. It's more about definitions of words. I think it's useful to define mental illness as those conditions where you can't take advantage of your rights on paper; where the proof that you are coping adequately is always and forever that you are not sharing much if anything - mostly coping with symptoms while at work is not enough. Schizophrenia, bipolar, etc. It's very clearly shown in this thread why these are different from conditions people are free to talk about. Most people can't imagine that someone with the above conditions can be employable, especially as a knowledge worker, whereas Aspergers/autism has become a cliche used to stereotype programmers in general. There is no way to enforce a law that says people shall trust others regardless of their personal judgement. So there is no equalizing the privileges that some "neurodiverse" people have and others do not.