[blindlaw] Not getting certain assignments on account of disability

Rahul Bajaj rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 11 13:22:51 UTC 2018


Hi Everyone,

I am wondering if any of you have ever confronted a situation, in a
law firm or elsewhere, in which you were not given a particular work
assignment, ostensibly because of your disability. While it may not
have been articulated in as many words, the surrounding circumstances
unequivocally indicate that that was the reason. More specifically, if
the work requires you to travel outside the confines of your office/
chambers and there's some effort involved in making documents
accessible for you and the work gets given to someone who has not had
as long an association with the employer concerned as you have had.

The decision may be premised on some assumptions about your
capabilities as a blind lawyer - some mistaken and some correct. The
mistaken assumptions being that you may not be able to do the job
within the stipulated time-frame and that you would be better equipped
to do other work. The correct assumptions being that it will take you
longer to finish individual components of the work (even though you
are in a position to deliver the finished product in time) and there
will undeniably be some extra effort involved.

It may also be the case that the decision of the employer has nothing
to do with your disability at all - no one can state with certitude
what is the animating force driving their decision.

I am wondering what others think about how a situation like this can
be dealt with in a constructive and productive way, such that one
doesn't get left out in this fashion. Thank you for reading this and
for your considered opinion.

Best,
Rahul




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