If you are American, Disabled or not, I am asking you to support this:

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Snagged this link from the LiveJournal Comm "No_Pity":

PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO ADA REGULATIONS

Written comments must be submitted on or before November 23, 2009.

Basically, this is an upgrade, in an attempt to make it harder for employers to weasel away from an anti-discrimination claim.

(quote) The regulatory changes in the proposed rule emphasize that the definition of disability—an impairment that poses a substantial limitation in a major life activity—must be construed in favor of broad coverage of individuals to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of the ADA, and should not require extensive analysis.

The regulatory changes expand major life activities to include “major bodily functions, and clarify that mitigating measures, such as medications and devices that people use to reduce or eliminate the effects of impairment, are not to be considered when determining whether a person has a disability. They also clarify that impairments that are episodic or in remission, such as epilepsy, cancer, and many kinds of psychiatric impairments, are disabilities if they would “substantially limit” major life activities when active. (unquote)

(Ephesis Mine Own)

There're instructions at the link I provided for submitting by post, fax, and email, as well fuller detail in government-speak.

But pass this on, please.

My own brain is churning away at what kind of comment I'd like to make.