Case: Disability Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation (E.D.N.C.)

A social worker for the New Hanover County Department of Social Services in North Carolina may proceed with his claim that the Department failed to accommodate his Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder when it discharged him for failing to timely complete his paperwork. Although the Department provided him a move from his open-space cubicle to an office and a noise canceling headset, he alleged that the accommodations were insufficient to avoid distractions as the office was very small, he was in close proximity to a co-worker, and the headset didn’t fit properly; he further asserts that the Department ceased to communicate ...