Word: mental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makes them feel. "Prove to yourself if you can quit for one day, you can quit for a lifetime," say the advertisements. Through a variety of programs, from nicotine patches to counseling, the ACS and its partner within the federal government, a branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), are working to make today the first day of a better, more healthy life for millions of Americans...
Charging that Harvard fired her because of her mental disability, a former journal editor is suing the University for discrimination, in a trial that opened in Middlesex County Superior Court last week...
Kelleher is suing the University based on the Massachusetts anti-discrimination statute that requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to qualified handicapped persons. The law recognizes mental, as well as physical impairments, to be handicapping conditions...
Kelleher, who claims her mental condition required her to work at home, alleges that her supervisor's action was discriminatory. She complained to Harvard's Office of the General Counsel and filed a complaint with MCAD after allegedly receiving no response from the University...
...adults." And despite widespread discomfort with attributing adult motivations to children, the laws are popular in many states. Opponents of the measures, ranging from Amnesty International to Abraham's defense lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, claim they violate the most basic rights. For instance, says Fieger, an adult with the mental age of an 11-year-old could present a "diminished capacity" defense, so what's the logic in assigning adult capabilities to an 11-year-old? (Especially one who is, according to defense psychologists, operating on the level of a six-year-old?) In Abraham's case - which Fieger says...