All situational disabilities? Should workplaces cater to people who are emotionally disabled in some way? Not that I completely disagree with you, I just want to understand what we are defining.
edit - Yes, workplaces should cater to legal disabilities. The question here is if employers should in any way cater to functional disabilities, not disabilities as diagnosed in the DSM. See elsewhere in this thread.
> Should workplaces cater to people who are emotionally disabled in some way?
Not the person you're replying to, but certainly if you e.g. lose a child, your workplace should be sensitive to that and not fire you because you're unable to show up to work that day.
> Should workplaces cater to people who are emotionally disabled in some way?
If they don't want to violate the ADA, yes. For example, major depression can be a disability, and employers are bound by the ADA to not discriminate against people with that disability and to provide them reasonable accommodations.
I think we are confusing the casual term disabled with the legal term disabled. Of course employers should work with legal disabilities. We are talking completely about "functionally disabled" such as your arm being temporarily occupied, or you having a foggy brain and can't to math that day.
