So, this woman got a new job.

[conuly]

She was very excited about it, because, really, who isn't excited about the prospect of being gainfully employed?

Her autistic son gets home from school early one day a week, and she asked for accommodations for that day, maybe the ability to work from home, so she could better care for him. They rescinded the job offer, and now she's suing as a violation of the ADA and the Civil Rights Act.

Now, which big company am I asking you to boycott right now? Who could possibly act in such a stupidly heinous manner?

Take a guess, and then I'm sticking the answer under a cut.



The answer is....

AUTISM SPEAKS!

Well, of course it is!

You know, I considered using the word irony somewhere in this post, then realized that this is about as ironic as rain on your wedding day. Irony is when something happens contrary to expectations. This just ain't it.

Comment if you were surprised. You'll get a consolation cookie.

Comments

[oneill]

Thanks, I'll keep those in mind. I especially appreciate the audience-tailoring aspect because . . . yyyyyyyeah, that is a thing that happens. Looks like ASAN has plenty for me to read through, so thanks for that as well.

I often take generic thank-you comments as an opportunity to say OH, AND ALSO. Because there is pretty much always something I forgot to mention in the OP/something that only occurred to me after posting, haha. On the rare occasion I have nothing more to add, I just leave a thanks and a thumbs-up emoticon of some sort, viz., ツb or : Db. I'm okay trading generic for generic, partly because I've already contributed something by way of the OP and partly because it's like completing an offered high-five.