I spoke with an admissions rep at a major west coast med school who. responded to my concerns about my physical limitations with encouraging words. He told me to apply no matter what and that at least with reference to that school that they can accomodadte most but of course not all physical limitations. I am confident. My interest is in research. Thanks to those who’ve supportive. And kind.
- Wheelchairbound Said:
And that engineering job will be one which Ford will be legally required to make accomodation for assuming the candidate satisfies all other intellectual prerequisites.
Very true, as I said, it's all about "reasonable accommodations" which is not clearly defined in the law, but like I said, ~$500 is the guideline most people go by, though bigger corps would often be expected to be willing to fork out more since it doesn't affect their bottom line as much. It's a matter of the court to decide individual cases.And the number of employees is actually 15 or more and they are required to follow ADA guidelines as part of EEOC standards. Yeay Business Law class actually taught me something!
- Wheelchairbound Said:
I spoke with an admissions rep at a major west coast med school who. responded to my concerns about my physical limitations with encouraging words. He told me to apply no matter what and that at least with reference to that school that they can accomodadte most but of course not all physical limitations.
This is key. ADA requirements are that reasonable accomodations must be made. If you were born without hands, then you'll never be a surgeon. But perhaps you COULD be quite a successful psychiatrist. From what I've heard, dealing with the AAMC can be a bitch- I have a friend who has vision problems who's close to filing suit in order to get accomodations on the MCAT. But I've heard near universally that medical schools have great disability accomodations.