Willow ,'Empty Places'
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That's a tough situation, Volans. How old is Mal now?
I can't decide if I should keep ltc home for an extra week after Christmas break. Her school has been really safe so far, but I don't trust people to do the right thing over the holidays. They're supposed to either get two Covid tests or stay home for two weeks if they see other people over the holidays.
Surely you can trust almost all of them... but it only takes one.
Yeah, exactly Trudy. I’m especially thinking of some of the parents at drop off whose masks are below their noses.
THOSE PEOPLE MAKE ME CRAZY
Yikes, Volans. That’s so hard. I remember there was a really good article in the WaPo I think about a woman and her 12 or 13 year old being radicalized to white supremacism/misogynistic stuff on the internet. And I think about my brother, who definitely is more radicalized than he’d ever have been without the internet (he’s a total troll, too). So hard.
Surely you can trust almost all of them... but it only takes one.
I think Trudy nailed it, sj.
I just learned that anxiety/depression count as disabilities for employers who need to have 9% of their workforce be people with disabilities to comply with hiring rules.
As someone with depression, I'm not sure how I feel about this...sometimes it can be disabling, but not always. What accommodations does an employer put in place for it? I don't feel like it's equivalent to being blind or deaf or having a mobility mismatch. OTOH I know depressed people can be off-putting, use a lot of leave, etc.
Anyway, I was surprised.
Especially since treatment for depression isn't covered under many employer health plans.
Anxiety/depression can be a disabling condition, but plenty of people have it in various incarnations and are not disabled by it. Employers can accommodate by adjusting schedules, providing equipment (e.g. special lights for SAD), intermittent leave options, etc. t
Volans, I marked myself as disabled for my new job, more for migraines than my depression. But it was definitely weird, taking that step.
Yeah I definitely feel like marking either of those things would just be a tick box because an employer wouldn’t do jack to make things easier or better? Then again, working from home for so long I’m pretty privileged—even the months where I have multiple migraines a week, I can usually take a pill and nap for a bit and get back to work, which would be harder with real clothes and a commute and a boss looking at me.