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Why, oh WHY, did a court determine that ASTHMA IS NOT A DISABILITY?!?

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To answer that question, I’ll first introduce you to “Jane.”

Jane isn’t her real name, but we’ll go with it for this post. Jane claimed that her employer discriminated against her in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired her because she had asthma.

Her asthma, according to Jane, is an ADA disability because it makes it difficult for her to breathe.

That’s not to say that Jane can’t perform activities that you and I can. Indeed, with an inhaler, Jane can do lots of stuff that you and I would be like, “How the heck

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