Accommodation may be required even if “essential functions” can be performed without Accommodation
It kinda makes sense when you think about it. "YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT." Interesting decision this week from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit . A high school math teacher (we’ll call her “Ms. Plantagenet ”) had post-traumatic stress disorder. Years earlier, her doctor wrote a note saying she needed two 15-minute breaks per day (one in the morning, and one in the afternoon) during periods when she wasn’t responsible for teaching or dealing with the kids. The breaks, according to her doctor, would help her keep under control what sounds like very severe stress. (According to the court’s decision, Ms. Plantagenet had to be admitted for psychiatric care three times, had a stress-induced stutter, and had nightmares so bad that they caused her to throw up.) But apparently she was a good teacher and was able to make it through the work day even when she didn’t get the 15-minute breaks. When she first brought in the doctor’s note, the school...