Disability Discrimination In America

SOC 121
Professor Franke
May 15, 2011
Disability Discrimination
In America we have developed a complex competitive environment based upon what we consider are the norms of a developed society. As a member of this developed social fabric, you are expected to present yourself as a productive member of society. Unfortunately for some people there have been long standing impediments, which prevent those with disabilities to prove their worth and place in society. Disability discrimination is a form of discrimination that is aimed against those with a physical or mental disability. This form of discrimination isn’t always noticed and can occur in numerous settings including employment, housing, or public facilities. A public facility is
“Denying them that right violates the Fair Housing Act and HUD and the Department of Justice are committed to ensuring that property owners meet their responsibility to comply with the law.” Moving from the “HUD”One source is from the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) itself and another is from a more individual source of a woman who was not given appropriate accommodations for her job at PETCO, which forced her resignation. First, we will go into the PETCO file, as this one may be more understandable for those who here about it, as it is more personal. “Disability Discrimination Case Results in $145,000 for Deaf Woman” is the line that caught my eye while browsing the web. Looking through the article, we find that a woman named Buchner with an auditory disability was hired by the PETCO chain to work as a pet stylist in 2001, with more than thirty years of experience as a pet groomer. The article continues on to say that the company knew going in that the woman in question has been deaf since birth, and agreed to make accommodations for her disability. Managers reached an agreement to have other employees help schedule appointments for her since she could not use a
As a matter of fact some charges of religious discrimination can raise multiple claims that Aldi’s has to be very protective. And Title VII requires employees to accommodate to only those religious beliefs that are “sincerely” held. If the respondent disputes that their belief is “sincerely held”, evidence is relevant and might not be subject to reasonable accommodation because the practice is engaged in secular reasons like a Seventh - day Adventist employee follows a vegetarian diet because she believes that it is religiously prescribed by a scriptural passage is an unreasonable accommodation. But I decide not to hire a described evangelical Christian, then religion is based on the meaning of Title