• Documentation of the medical condition/disability that includes, unless the disability is patently obvious, a medical recommendation for reasonable accommodation.
Having reviewed Mr. Finley’s medical information, as his primary care physician over the past five years, I can verify, without providing a definitive diagnosis, that Mr. Finley suffers from an ongoing and permanent, lifelong disability which substantially limits the following major life activities as defined by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008: Performing manual tasks, concentrating, sleeping, thinking and working. Additionally, the prescribed medical treatment he receives to mitigate the aforementioned results in side effects which substantially limit the very same major life activities for a period of 7 to 8 hours following treatment. The side effects caused by medication and/or treatment that a patient must take because of a disability are limitations resulting from the disability. Reasonable accommodation extends to all limitations resulting from a disability. It is medically recommended that Mr. Finley be reassigned and/or work at a location within 30 to 45 minutes from …show more content…
As a result of the side effects caused by the prescribed medical treatment, Mr. Finley is limited in his ability to participate in physical activities involving the use of fine and gross motor skills, the treatment limits his ability to, for instance, operate machinery including a motor vehicle, run, utilize critical thinking skills, his level of cognition, awareness, and ability to remain alert. These limitations exist for approximately 7 to 8 hours following medical