I put in a request at work to telecommute, something a teacher cannot do. Anyway I am a Programmer/annalist, and most of my job can be done with a computer, the rest is meetings which can be done over a conference phone. I put the request in, informally back in January. I did not get an answer until April. A big no. The reason given was that they have "no work at home policy". And all work from home should stop. As many of you can relate there are good days and bad days. The 45 minute commute was a horror. On especially bad days I would have to pull over to the side of the road and scream.

Anyway; I finally had enough, one day, I had a particularly bad day and wanted to go home. But because all three of the other programmers where absent, I was obligated to stay. It was hell. I filed for Temporary divisibility and have been off work since May. I also put in a formal ADA request for accommodation. My Dr. has been slow to respond but agrees that the only way I can work productively is from home.

Until someone can figure out how to solve complex problems while in pain I will need to work around it. Working through it actually helps as mental distraction is the best pain reliever I have found, but as soon as the phone rings or someone drops into my office the pain comes back like a ton of bricks.