After repeated incidents of co-workers without disabilities at the Social Security Administration (SSA) over-utilizing the accessible restroom, on three such occasions an employee with a disability lost bowel control. The anonymous employee has sued the SSA claiming he suffered discrimination via the SSA's refusal to instruct employees not to use the accessible restroom unless it was necessary. The SSA is appealing an administrative judge's decision, which concluded the Administration could have sent an email or memo to the employees, and awarded the employee $6,500 in damages.

Full Story:
Melissa Harris, Restroom Access Case is Costly to SSA, Baltimore Sun September 28, 2007, available at
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2zhe6w [1]
Source: The Disability Law & Policy e-Newsletter [2]