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...latest case, Toyota v. Williams, the court further narrowed the definition of who is disabled. Being unable to do your job isn't enough, the court said; you must also have significant trouble with daily activities like brushing your teeth. This could eliminate many people with disabilities such as carpal-tunnel syndrome...
...unanimous decision, the court said that Toyota Motor Corp. did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired Ella Williams for poor attendance after Williams' carpal tunnel syndrome kept her from working. Williams' suit against Toyota claimed the company did very little to accommodate her disability - "reasonable accommodations" being a requirement under the ADA. In fact, the Court ruled, Toyota was not required to treat Williams under the guidelines of the ADA, because her condition does not qualify her as disabled. She is, the Court reasoned, still capable of performing "tasks that are of central importance to most...
...Ralph Schumacher, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Marian Garfinkel, a yoga teacher, published a brief paper on carpal tunnel syndrome in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The eight-week study determined that "a yoga-based regimen was more effective than wrist splinting or no treatment in relieving some symptoms and signs of carpal tunnel syndrome." Letters to JAMA challenged the study's methodology. The authors replied that it was a preliminary investigation to determine if further research was merited. They said...
...have I.T. install the new Microsoft Office suite. It's a chip implanted behind my right ear. I can think through proposals and e-mails without ever having to type. (I'm not even sure I remember how to type. Schools stopped teaching it years ago after the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Association filed a class-action lawsuit...
...Employees of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. who have submitted claims of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome since March...