# I have a disability so I can do anything I want **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 5, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-disability-so-i-can-do-anything-i-want/972779 "2022-10-05T20:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-disability-so-i-can-do-anything-i-want/972779/7 "2022-10-06T00:58:54Z")
This a bit different than what I think the OP is looking for, since it’s not about someone who is probably faking a disability. A couple years ago I hired someone with a degree in electrical engineering. I interviewed him via Zoom during the pandemic. It was a disaster. He couldn’t do anything. I tried and tried to work with him, but he couldn’t understand the simplest things. I couldn’t understand how he was able to get an EE degree. I told HR that we need to fire him. HR said I couldn’t fire him because he had a disability. HR informed me was autistic, and thus protected. Look, I have sympathy towards people with autism. I have a daughter who’s autistic. But I can’t have someone on my team who can’t do anything. My customer simply won’t stand for it. It took a _very_ long time, and a lot of paperwork, but I was finally able to send him on his way. (And HR fought me the entire time.) He filed a protest. He claimed we didn’t accommodate him. We won. I feel bad for him, and I share some of the blame for not properly vetting him. But there was simply no way he could work in our group. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-disability-so-i-can-do-anything-i-want/972779)._