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Originally Posted by Mid-Life-Larry
Hey HB,
Check the law yourself. You have certain rights under the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). The law applies to any business with more than 15 total employees... and includes both physical and mental disabilities.
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WRT ADA rights, Larry:
I have a neurological disability that limits me a bit (out of work for 2 days every 6-8 weeks or so) and I disclosed it and it was OK'd (meaning - they agreed to accommodate by providing a few extra sick days a year).
I do not have a psychiatric disability that limits my work, so I would not need to invoke the rights under ADA. The issue is that I do not the work to know that I have a history of mental issues at all. I do understand that they won't fire me, but I am trying to leave my past behind and open a new chapter...
I do see where you are going and maybe stating to the HR that I have bipolar but do not require accommodations would be just right - it is not that big of a deal. But I do not want them to know about my suicide attempt many years ago... When that attempt happened, I was at another company and then H wrote about it to my manager, HR, my team, etc., trying to claim that my manager should have noticed some changes in me... really twisted logic... his thought process is so hard to follow that unfortunately I cannot rely on his being at least self-serving. Since I will be paying him spousal support, one could hope that he would not want to bite the hand that feeds him, but - I guess with your help, Larry, I am finally able to formulate my ex H's most unusual feature -
he wants to bite so much that he would bite just for the pleasure of causing pain.
By the way the neuropsychologist who assessed me told me that ex H is a sadist (not in a playfully sexual way, but for real).