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Yes, I agree, to an extent. However, I think the real world is a little bit more complicated than that. Most people, given the opportunity, would brush aside even modest hardship, and you can't blame them for that. Why walk all the way across the parking lot when there's a parking spot right outside the front door? But given some sort of emotional, personal, or financial investment, the willingness to endure modest hardship skyrockets. For a pretty contrived example, if a stranger comes up to me and asks me to help them move from their old apartment to their new apartment, I would want significant compensation for the physical hardship and giving up my time and energy. However, if a friend asks me to do so, I'd do it for a slice of pizza and beer or even an IOU to help me at a later date. Likewise, an interview, if you give them even the slightest reason to say no, they will, because there are plenty of fish in the sea that won't have that modest hardship. But at the same time, if I can get them to put a little bit of personal, emotional, or financial investment in me, their willingness to accommodate my disability -- ignoring the law for a moment here -- also skyrockets. Once they're invested in me even a little bit, they're a thousand times more willing to help out in any reasonable way that they can. That said, you're absolutely right that we should keep an eye out for people that won't accommodate us at all. I just disagree with the notion that up-front dismissal == no accommodation at all. |