I've never thought of myself as disabled. I'm a person with asthma, not an asthmatic. However, there have been times when I wished that I had been afforded some protection, at the least some acknowledgement that allergies and asthma can sometime be disadvantageous.
Like, in the workplace.
I've blogged about allergies in the workplace before:
"Have any of you experienced bad allergies or asthma but only in the workplace? I've worked in several different offices over the years and inevitably...
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