DIABETICS MUST UNITE AND LOBBY THE LAWS

Right now the Supreme Court is going to judge in October 2008 if Type 1 Diabetics will have the right to 1) Be listed as a person with a disability. If they are NOT; then the right to be hired in any US employment is at risk. And I KNOW Type 1s- one that is a brittle diabetic and she now works for the local PUBLIC library as a level 2 clerk and constantly is admonished and threatened to be fired because she is taking time to check her blood glucose levels while working. We as diabetics know this takes about 10 seconds. Longer if we need to inject or activate our insulin pump to lower our BG level OR to take carbs to HIGHER it according to multiple testing in a whole day.
Now as a diabetic you may not be able to do this or you will get fired and NOT HAVE ANY LEGAL ACTION YOU CAN TAKE AGAINST AN EMPLOYER for firing you while eating on the job, need to inject, or displaying any human fluid such as blood at the work place.

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Proposal to Revise ADA Regulations
under Title II and Title III
(updated August 26, 2008)
http://www.ada.gov
http://www.ada.gov/NPRM2008/ADAnprm08.htm

Also, US PUBLIC school students in USA can NOT use their syringes or lances at ANY TIME during classroom time or in the bathrooms. The diabetic student is NOT ALLOWED to keep their glucometer or syringes on their body at ANY TIME. They must go to a nurse office or be supervised by a faculty member. Can you imagine??? If you are feeling low during class and you just want to check BEFORE you eat 20 grams of carbs- or maybe you are just feeling nervous due to an exam coming up or just hormones of liking some new girl or boy that just came into the class.. yet you will have to be excused- miss about 20 minutes of class that only lasts 45 minutes. Discrimination PEOPLE and we all need to UNITE to fight this.

http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/05/22/5758.html

Also, in California and most other US states right now have already passed the law mandating all diabetics MUST PAY TO DISPOSE OF THEIR LANCES AND SYRINGES AND ANY MEDICAL TOOLS WITH BODILY FLUIDS into medical toxic disposal services. If they are found to be using regular waste disposal services they will be fined up to $1500 and more than three occasions mandatory jail time! Heroin addicts don't have such a law or penalty.


*Needle law runs into sharp criticism*
Daily Breeze - Torrance, Calif.
Author: Susan Abram
Date: Aug 30, 2008
"We hope to see a big reduction in the growing number of needles that are found in the waste stream," Kent Stoddard, vice president of public affairs for Waste Management Inc., said in a statement.

"We say that this is a ban without a plan," said Heidi Sanborn, executive director of the California Product Stewardship Council. "The law was passed without the mandate and the funding and the coordination to have a statewide program," Sanborn said.

"We are reaching out to all doctors' offices, medical establishments, pharmacies, retail store distributors of (needles), veterinary offices, hospitals, health and diabetes clinics, and drug counselors to form partnerships - to create an infrastructure to make it convenient for residents to safely dispose of (needles)," Bureau of Sanitation Director Enrique Zaldivar said.... con't
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