Comments on: ADA Amendments — What Difference Will They Make If They Become Law? (Part III) http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/ada-amendments-%e2%80%94-what-difference-will-they-make-if-they-become-law-part-iii/ Workplace News & Views, Edited by St. Louis Labor & Employment Lawyer George Lenard Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Ryan http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/ada-amendments-%e2%80%94-what-difference-will-they-make-if-they-become-law-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-41162 Dave Ryan Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:59:28 +0000 http://www.employmentblawg.com/?p=2235#comment-41162 Transitory means it comes and goes (think remission). The flu runs its course and is gone forever. Transitory means it comes and goes (think remission). The flu runs its course and is gone forever.

]]> By: David Cope http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/ada-amendments-%e2%80%94-what-difference-will-they-make-if-they-become-law-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-41079 David Cope Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:29:42 +0000 http://www.employmentblawg.com/?p=2235#comment-41079 It appears that according to the amendments to the ADA, a transitory impairment such as the flu would qualify as a disability under the first prong, since temporary impairments are explicitly excluded from the definition of disability only in the third prong. Would you consider a future article that addresses this significant expansion of the need for accommodations? It appears that according to the amendments to the ADA, a transitory impairment such as the flu would qualify as a disability under the first prong, since temporary impairments are explicitly excluded from the definition of disability only in the third prong.

Would you consider a future article that addresses this significant expansion of the need for accommodations?

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