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    Default Re: Epilepsy Doctor Note for Return to work

    Thank you for the responses. I honestly just want to go back to work but I'm sure me face planting onto concrete has them wondering if I'm a liability or not. My hardhat save me from any damage thankfully. If I turned in a doctors not that's worded the way mine is I wouldn't let me work again either.

    Thanks again

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    Default Re: Epilepsy Doctor Note for Return to work

    hardhat...like maybe construction?

    given you have had several seizures in the last several months I suspect you may not be allowed to return to work until some specified period has passed without you experiencing a seizure.



    but with that;

    how are you getting to work? I am quite confident in saying you cannot legally drive at the moment. Many states require a period of 6 months seizure free before a person is allowed to drive.

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    Yes I am in construction. My camper is parked where many other employees have theirs parked and I have been told by a couple of guys that they would make sure I got to work and back. I can't drive for six months.

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    Can they legally send me down the road considering epilepsy is listed with the ADA as a disability?

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    I'll tell you a true story. Not so much to scare you, but so you'll be warned. I worked with a woman that a seizure at work. She wasn't allowed to drive for 6 months. At around the 5-1/2 month mark, she had another seizure, and had her driving on hold for another 6 months. Then her husband went away for a week. She had her third seizure at home alone. She was on her back and choked on her vomit and died.

    So my advice to you is do NOT be alone until this condition is resolved.

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    The ADA does NOT say that you cannot be released from a job that you cannot do safely.

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    That doesn't sound very good. So after years of working with this company I can be let go because of something out of my control. That's hard to deal with...

    Thanks to all who have responded.

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    It would be harder to deal with having a seizure and injuring or killing yourself (or someone else) because you insisted on coming back to work before your employer had arranged to work within your restrictions.

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    regarding Ada accommodations;

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    an employer must make reasonable accommodations that would allow you to perform your job. I cannot think of any reasonable accommodations that would allow you to do your job given it is in construction.

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