Hello, I am a person suffering from a debilitating anxiety disorder and recently (in my opinion) have been discriminated against by an employee of a major transit company.
We were stopped at one of the terminals, asked to get off the bus, shortly after the number of people around began to overwhelm me and I started to develope a panic attack. I went to the bus to ask if I could get on to get my medication and the man checking tickets told me to get to the back of the line.
I went inside to the Courtesy Desk and spoke to the woman there, explaining I had an anxiety disorder, was having a panic attack, and requesting she escort me onto the bus to get my medication. She replied to me "You should wear a sign that says you have this disorder" and quickly shooed me away. I was now in an advanced state of a panic attack where I could not clearly think, and was completely tuned out to everything around me.
I am just wondering was it legal for her to tell me to label myself with a disorder, they dont ask people with other illnesses to wear a label or name tag that states what they have, so what right does she have to suggest this to me? I have never felt more disabled than at this point in my life and had possibly my worst panic attack to date. I can hardly recall the next 6 hours of the bus ride to Boston, or how I even managed to get back onto the bus from the terminal.
I am curious as to wether or not I have a case to file a discrimination claim against the company, or its employee. Its difficult enough for me to live with this disorder than to have perfect strangers mock me for it infront of a crowd of people.
We were stopped at one of the terminals, asked to get off the bus, shortly after the number of people around began to overwhelm me and I started to develope a panic attack. I went to the bus to ask if I could get on to get my medication and the man checking tickets told me to get to the back of the line.
I went inside to the Courtesy Desk and spoke to the woman there, explaining I had an anxiety disorder, was having a panic attack, and requesting she escort me onto the bus to get my medication. She replied to me "You should wear a sign that says you have this disorder" and quickly shooed me away. I was now in an advanced state of a panic attack where I could not clearly think, and was completely tuned out to everything around me.
I am just wondering was it legal for her to tell me to label myself with a disorder, they dont ask people with other illnesses to wear a label or name tag that states what they have, so what right does she have to suggest this to me? I have never felt more disabled than at this point in my life and had possibly my worst panic attack to date. I can hardly recall the next 6 hours of the bus ride to Boston, or how I even managed to get back onto the bus from the terminal.
I am curious as to wether or not I have a case to file a discrimination claim against the company, or its employee. Its difficult enough for me to live with this disorder than to have perfect strangers mock me for it infront of a crowd of people.
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