A mother can’t take her board exams because of breast feeding concerns:
When she called the board last week to ask for extra break time, she said she was told that the test provides special accommodations only for disabilities covered by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, and breast-feeding was not one of them.Currier agreed that breast-feeding is not a disability. But it is physically demanding : “What am I going to do, express milk all over your computer?” she asked a board official.
In a statement faxed to the Globe, Catherine Farmer, the board’s manager of disability services, wrote that the disabilities act “does not cover temporary conditions, such as pregnancy. . . . Furthermore, lactation, breast-feeding and breast pumping are not disabilities as defined by the ADA.”
Dr. Gwenn comments. (via White Coat Notes)
