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How to accomodate this disability?

Not a building issue, it is an employment/medical issue

And, Not all medical conditions are ADA issues.

Flatulence can be controlled. Crap in Crap out.

Change of diet will make a difference.
 
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The Americans with Disabilities Act does cover food allergies, as does Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. But not when the employee eats foods that he/she is allergic to. And not when the employer does not provide the food.

They guy says he is lactose intolerant, he knows he is lactose intolerant, the SSA does not buy food for him. The SSA does not make him eat Dairy products. He needs to control what he eats.

From the picture, he needs to control All eating.
 
Mark said:
They guy says he is lactose intolerant, he knows he is lactose intolerant, the SSA does not buy food for him. The SSA does not make him eat Dairy products. He needs to control what he eats. From the picture, he needs to control All eating
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This like telling an obese person in a wheelchair to control what he eats, I've noted in Costco that the majority of people using the provided motorized carts are obese, I've stood next to them in the checkout lines and marveled at the large quantities of fastening good in their carts, all they have to do is look at the foods they are buying and compare them to the foods that normal weight people are buying.
 
Obesity is the "Norm" in the US, and also, like lactose intolerant people, not covered by ADA.

Though some courts have sided with the morbidly obese, Most have not; the DOJ has stated that is is not covered.
 
the reason for the obeseity in this country is the u.s. "food industry" on the whole. it's actually a governmental idea " as much food as possible, as cheaply as possible". look into farm bills, CORN, it's all there. the food pyramid that used to be posted on labels is almost identuical to the food pyramid ( calorie wise) used at feed lots. look at the price of non-gmo, certified organic vs. run of the mill everything. the better the food, the more it costs. i'm gluten intolerant. when i went from store shelf bread to gluten free really good bread, my gas bascially stopped, belly swelling went away, i stopped snoring, lots of stuff just went away. so did 2.00 a loaf bread, it went to 5.00 bucks a loaf. and, it's not much cheaper to make it yourself, special flour, like rice flour, almond and pecan. i could go on, but you get my drift. way rtoo much fast food in this country. there are actually neighborhoods in inner cities in the u.s. that are "good food devoid" poor sections of citys where there is not a "grocery store" all the folks have access to are little convenience stores , unless they take transit, or drive out to where the better markets are. it's really a poor set up. no pun intended
 
codeworks,

I have looked into the gluten intolerance issue and read several accounts of what happens when people give it up. Your's is the first to report that you stopped snoring. I don't mean to pry into your private life but I do wonder if your intolerance to gluten was diagnosed by a medical professional.
 
no, just experience, everytime i eat whaet, my belly swells, i get gassed up, and i snore at night. i don't eat wheat, none of it happens. works for me
 
I'm with codeworks. I've battled weight loss for many years. I'm finally within ten pounds of what is considered normal weight for my height according to the body mass index. It hasn't been easy but I can say that I feel much better than I have in years. When I finally do reach "normal" weight, I will have lost around 60 pounds. No more huffing and puffing walking up stairs or taking a walk in general.

Biggest difference I've seen since I've been eating healthy is my grocery bill has increased dramatically. I don't buy organic stuff, but when I eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables and have to go to the store more frequently to keep fresh stuff around, it adds up more quickly than frozen pizzas and chips.

The key to a healthy lifestyle is very simple....diet (food intake) and exercise. It will take breaking bad habits to get there, but it really does work. Also, keep in mind, diets don't work. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, it has to become a lifestyle.
 
Diet and exercise keep people yoyoing the scale.

They are temporary changes.

Eating well and engagement in physical activity are what matters, regardless of form.

They are approaches which can become habits.
 
brudgers said:
Diet and exercise keep people yoyoing the scale. They are temporary changes.

Eating well and engagement in physical activity are what matters, regardless of form.

They are approaches which can become habits.
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I think we agree, we're just saying it differently. To me, diet and exercise are about eating well and being physically active.
 
I hate exercising. I hate dieting.

I like refereeing soccer. I enjoy training to make myself better at it.

I like eating healthier foods.

How we frame the solution matters.

"Exercise" conjures up the image of the gym. What blubbery person wants to go there?

"Diet" the counting of calories.

What I am getting at is that the way in which we frame the solution dictates our reaction to it.

Our reaction correlates with our success.
 
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