Disability: Category Two
Example 1
Lynn has had colon cancer in the past, but has undergone treatment and is now perfectly healthy. Lynn has granted the training provider permission to retrieve her past training record, which reveals that she was unable to complete several classes because she was undergoing chemotherapy. If in the past her cancer substantially limited one or more of her major life activities, then she is a person with a past history of a disability. Lynn cannot be discriminated against on the basis of that past disability. The training provider cannot deny Lynn admittance into the training program because he/she perceives that the stress may be too much for Lynn.
Example 2
Suppose Lynn's record accidentally gets mixed in with Erin's application and a training manager refuses to let Erin take certain courses because she believes that Erin will need to be absent quite frequently for continuing medical evaluations. Assuming that colon cancer would have substantially limited Erin's major life activities, Erin is also protected from discrimination because he has been misclassified as having had a disability in the past.
