Does a reasonable accommodation need to include controlling a controllable disability?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dadah v. Mount San Jacinto Cmty. Coll. Dist., E054269 (Cal. App. 2013):
"'Reasonable accommodation' does not include excusing a failure to control a controllable disability or giving an employee a 'second chance' to control the disability in the future. [Citation.]" (Brundage v. Hahn (1997) 57 Cal.App.4th 228, 239.) "'"It is an employee's responsibility to understand his or her own physical or mental condition well enough to present the employer at the earliest opportunity with a concise list of
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