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06-18-2007, 11:15 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Shire
Posts: 793
| | | Would you consider type 1 a disability?
Do you consider type one diabetes mellitus a disability? |
06-19-2007, 12:34 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK
Posts: 823
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Originally Posted by JediSurfer  Do you consider type one diabetes mellitus a disability? | No.
Diabetes has never stopped me doing anything I have ever wanted to do.
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06-19-2007, 12:41 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 2,906
| | Yes as the dissabilty is well hidden. As we cannot have some foods that makes us feel lousy. Food is a fuel for us to let us do what we want to do.  |
06-19-2007, 01:48 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Shire
Posts: 793
| | | I personally find that sometimes diabetes completely FUBAR's me. And has stopped me on many occaisions. Usually working, or stuck on the side of a mountain or seriously affected my days surfing. If things go bad with BG's I am stuck at home and cannot carry on normally.
I suppose it all depend what you wanna do really. I always wanted to join the police force but there was no chance, and the army also, but again no chance. Also been interested in aircraft for as long as I can remember but I will never be allowed to fly. Even a more down to earth job like bus driving is out of the picture for us.
I do consider diabetes a disabilty. |
06-19-2007, 01:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, دبيّ
Posts: 3,070
| | | Personally? No. Legally? Yes. Currently I'm using my T1 to help me jump the queue for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office recruitment procudure - they're a three-tick DDA approved employer, which basically means if you have a have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act, you go straight through the the final interview round provided you meet the minimum requirements for the job.
In the case of T1, there's specific text from the Disability Rights Commission that translates as T1 being a disability - I know this because I chatted to them on the phone to confirm. I explained that because my T1 was controlled, it wasn't a problem. However, the legal position is that you have a disability if you have a medical condition that will affect your ability to work if you don't have regular treatment. We both agreed that not taking my insulin would make me die, and death might affect my ability to work.
So yeah, I don't consider it a disability myself but having put up with all the **** of having diabetes for the last 9 years I'm determined to swallow my principles once in a while if I can make it work for me.  |
06-19-2007, 03:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Medford Massachusetts
Posts: 322
| | | See I too personally don't consider it a disability either but if you really think of what can go wrong, high bg's, low bg's or poor control it can be debilitating. Now I know in the US employers can't discriminate against diabetics as long as they are in control and I believe they can join the police force but I could be wrong |
06-19-2007, 03:41 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,310
| | | Definitely no. There is nothing diabetes has stopped me from doing that I want to do. During my college days I was a big into videography and rock climbing. I'd drive an hour to get to a high school football game on a Friday night. There'd be nights I'd videotape 4 games I'd go to in one night.
I even did rock climbing quite a bit and nothing stopped me. Heck, I even worked on campus security and got into some heavy foot pursuits (even though we weren't allowed to run after anyone, lol.) Diabetes never stopped me.
I can see when some people apply for certain jobs it can be taken as one, pilot, truck driver, etc and I do fully understand that. I don't want someone flying my 747 that may have the possibility of having an insulin reaction. I know there are millions of other events that could transpire, but I'd like to minimize one that can be really bad.
I personally say try everything you want to try. Don't let diabetes get in your way.
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06-19-2007, 04:08 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Up in the Rockies
Posts: 244
| | | Obviously we all have different criteria for defining "disability." I think it is. My spouse is deeply effected by my condition. This makes it a disability in my eyes. I have to do math in order to mow the lawn. This makes it a disability. Getting health insurance independant from an employer is impossible. This makes it a disability. Employers discriminate against diabetics. This makes it a disability. I put my pump down and walk away from it for a week...I'm dead. This makes it a disability.
IMHO - Joe
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06-19-2007, 04:19 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,855
| | | I was always an emphatic no, and I guess I still am. The complications can be disabling, but I suppose that's secondary. When I became legally blind in one eye, there were things I definately couldn't do as before. People missing toes, feet, and legs are obviously disadvantaged too. |
06-19-2007, 05:05 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,835
| | | Hey, if they are handing out disability checks to type 1 diabetics, please let me know...
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06-19-2007, 05:13 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Posts: 611
| | Not a disability as such, but I'm with Deus when it comes to taking advantage of it.  Quote:
Originally Posted by kidvid I have to do math in order to mow the lawn. |  Very good point.
This line will come in handy when I try to explain to non-diabetics that injections are NOT the worst thing about diabetes. |
06-19-2007, 07:02 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK
Posts: 197
| | | Just to inform you, diabetics can be in the police force and also drive.
It was in a magazine a little while back.
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06-19-2007, 07:08 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, دبيّ
Posts: 3,070
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Just to inform you, diabetics can be in the police force and also drive.
It was in a magazine a little while back.
| You sure? I was pretty sure there is a blanket ban against people with diabetes in the armed forces and the police. There also used to be a similar state of affairs within the Fire and Rescue Service but that has now been abolished largely thanks to Tim Hoy, who's probably everyone's first port of call for info on diabetes at work within the UK.
JediSurfer, I've had much the same experience as you. I always loved planes as a kid and I used to be in the ATC and I was a natural flyer. I was all gearing up to apply for the RAF as a pilot and then I got diagnosed. |
06-19-2007, 08:07 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,217
| | As far as I know, here in Canada we are banned from Police, Fire, Piloting, et al. too.
So, in that respect you could call it a "disability". But I prefer to look at it simply as life's river deking left instead of right. I mean, I'd love to be in the NHL, but my lack of skill keeps me out. Is that a "disability"?
Diabetes in NO way keeps me from enjoying life as I WANT to enjoy it now. I still play sports, I still golf (badly), I still do the activities I want to do......
Inconvienance, yes, disability, no.
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06-19-2007, 09:09 AM
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Posts: 155
| | | Diabetes is absolutely not a disability in my opinion.
My friend wanted to play in the NFL, but his 40-yard dash times were too slow.
Are his legs now a "disability?" - as they "prevented" him from being a professional football player? I don't think so.
My eyesight is not good enough to be a pilot. Neither are millions of other peoples eyes.
Not all physical limitations (natural or otherwise) are disabilities.
People who have bad backs have days they are FUBAR and can't go to work or even get up.
People who have migraines.
etc. etc. etc. etc.
Diabetes is part of the human condition for some of us. Nothing more, nothing less.
- Aftiel |
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