[blindlaw] Not getting certain assignments on account of disability

[Jameyanne Fuller]

I've never been in this situation, so I'm very interested to hear how others
would handle it. Personally, since it is possible there's an entirely
different reason for giving the assignment to someone else, I might not make
a big deal of it. However, if this sort of thing has happened before or if
it continues to happen, I might ask for a meeting with your supervisor or
whoever is assigning the assignments and say that you've noticed certain
assignments haven't been given to you and this is concerning you. I wouldn't
come right out and say it's because of your disability, but have a
conversation about it, try to find out what's going on, and just let them
know that you would be able to get the work done and on time and that you
want to do the work. 
Hope that's helpful.
Jameyanne

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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj via
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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 9:23 AM
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Cc: Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com>
Subject: [blindlaw] Not getting certain assignments on account of disability

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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