Ryan_J: there are allowances in ADA for job requirements. When I started in my building as an equipment Mechanic, one of the "legitmate" requirements was the ability to work in confined spaces and from ladders and lifts. A significant degree of physical dexterity is really necessary. Most of the jobs in the production side have physical requirements - wheelchairs don't work and the plant can not practically be modified. We do, however, have a large contigent of hearing impaired. It is feasable to modify alarms and warnings to accomodate their handicap. On the other hand, my brother-in-law was a network administrator. For the last years of his life, he was in a wheelchair and the only thing he could move was his head. Technology could accomodate him in his job. Although it is pretty rigid, ADA can't be 100 % every time
