Hey Dis, I'm a wheelchair user (paralysed from chest down), so maybe I should apply for some jobs that I couldn't possibly do...then sue them for discrimination!
Profit!
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Hey Dis, I'm a wheelchair user (paralysed from chest down), so maybe I should apply for some jobs that I couldn't possibly do...then sue them for discrimination!
Profit!
No I think your fairytale unicorns and candy understanding of the world is.
If you look into it you will see the is something called lawful discrimination which basically means if somebody has a good reason for discriminating against you based on disability that's okay.
Examples being police/fire/army/navy/RAF/etc for obvious reasons, the construction industry (have to be able to keep one hand+foot on a ladder at all times to meet HSE requirements), car mechanic (the customer won't pay extra because you took longer and you can't expect an employer to absorb the cost, etc, etc. The list goes on.
One day while bored my friend who's in a wheelchair and myself who has one arm went to the army recruitment shop and tried to enlist on the basis that she could do the shooting and grenade throwing bits and I could do the running and jumping bits. They commended us on our enthusiasm but said it wouldn't work
Hey Dis, I'm a wheelchair user (paralysed from chest down), so maybe I should apply for some jobs that I couldn't possibly do...then sue them for discrimination!
Profit!
Not exactly the same is it?!
None of those are high paying jobs with salaries in multiple millions.
One of the people I mentioned earlier is a mechanic so that's another crap example. The police do employ disabled staff as do the armed forces. Just not front line. My uncle is classed as disabled - blue badge and everything - he's a lieutenant colonel in the army. He was born with partial paralysis in his legs. He works in an office role and earns substantially more than front line non coms and most officers of a lower rank. So no loss of earnings there.
As I said before she'd have to prove she had a good likelihood of entering the career from which she no longer has access.
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Could she ever be a stewardess?
Hey Dis, I'm a wheelchair user (paralysed from chest down), so maybe I should apply for some jobs that I couldn't possibly do...then sue them for discrimination!
Profit!
Your situation is somewhat different to a single limb amputee. Is it not?
Yes there are jobs she cannot do but she is not written off from employment or high paying jobs.
People spouting stuff about her not being able to be a footballer etc, was she going to be one in the first place? Most pro's have been scouted long before the age of 17 otherwise anyone disabled in any accident would be suing for multiple millions as they can't be one either!
Not really sure what we're arguing about here. She lost a leg due to the rollercoaster malfunctioning. A rollercoaster with a history of problems and malfunctions. Similar coasters have been shut down so there's a risk in the mechanics somewhere....
She wont need to prove anything to get her money.
She wont need to prove anything to get her money.
Maybe. What would stop her doing the job?
Lack of access down the isles for a start.
Can't see why not. Disabled passengers are allowed on planes, why not crew?
Even an average paying job will give you north of a million over your working life.
Then assuming you're not exaggerating, he's lucky that he found an employer willing to pay him the same amount to do less work, most wouldn't.
Not as actual police officers though.
Well that's contrary to the army's recruitment policy but I will trust you.
Potential earnings are calculated when working these things out, if she had one GCSE at D grade in P.E then she will probably get a six figure sum, if she had better qualifications then it will be higher.
Well, regarding her leg, she could get a prosthetic, however as its above the knee its much more difficult to get a mobile one, but that is likely in the realms of compensation to deal with.
All is not lost for her, even her phantom pain can be removed by use of a mirror.
All is not lost for her, even her phantom pain can be removed by use of a mirror.
I think the term stewardess has been replaced by a more PC one now. But for reference it's unlikely, she would have higher than normal difficulty in maintaining balance during turbulence and pushing the refreshments cart (though a head stewardess wouldn't be doing that anyway if that was the job she was going for).
However at the end of the day she would be a liability in an emergency not a asset so any flight company could legally blacklist her, and I would assume most would simply due to the fact that by employing her they could open themselves up to claims in the future and their insurance wouldn't like it.
Royal Navy amputee, 45, is turned down for 2,600 jobs in a year 'because of disability' (daily fail )
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...leg-missed-2-600-jobs-YEAR-just-disabled.html
Shes not going to have a great time of it is she. Actually she could go into the media after this, she'll be famous for a little while at least. :/
)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...leg-missed-2-600-jobs-YEAR-just-disabled.html
Shes not going to have a great time of it is she. Actually she could go into the media after this, she'll be famous for a little while at least. :/
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To be honest the compensation for injuries alone should be put high enough for her to no longer worry about financial hardship.
This isn't the same as when a person is born with a defect, or one which comes as a result of injury in a dangerous profession or from an illness. This was visited upon her while her safety was in the hands of the park owners, they are responsible for her well-being & rightly should pay high levels of compensation to do as much as possible to make amends for their failure.
From the language they are using they also fully intend to meet this obligation (more-so to prevent a further PR disaster more than anything I'd expect). To suggest it's discriminatory for a company to pay for inflicting a disability on a person is beyond dense.
This isn't the same as when a person is born with a defect, or one which comes as a result of injury in a dangerous profession or from an illness. This was visited upon her while her safety was in the hands of the park owners, they are responsible for her well-being & rightly should pay high levels of compensation to do as much as possible to make amends for their failure.
From the language they are using they also fully intend to meet this obligation (more-so to prevent a further PR disaster more than anything I'd expect). To suggest it's discriminatory for a company to pay for inflicting a disability on a person is beyond dense.
You've just agreed with me. Lol. And I agree with all your points.
Uncle accessed army through the t.a. Don't know if that helped but he's definitely still there. Logistics officer.
Friend does as much work if not more than other mechanics. Missing his lower leg is not a hinderance to his work. Lost it in a motorcycle accident. Not his fault. Didn't receive a seven figure payout. Didn't receive six. Got five.