Timeline for Applying for a PhD as a disabled person: apply for preferential access?
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| Oct 12, 2023 at 5:52 | comment | added | EarlGrey | Employers have insurances as well. Additionally, there are things like tax discount and other measures, even in the US: irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/… | |
| Oct 11, 2023 at 21:28 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | OK. I just wonder if you meant to write "you are covered" instead of "they are covered." | |
| Oct 11, 2023 at 19:57 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @AnonymousPhysicist No time to show you that the planet Earth is not flat, not even round, but slightly oblated. You are free to open a question on the topic on Skeptics SE, or Law SE, or even here on Academia SE. | |
| Oct 11, 2023 at 15:26 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | Your answer says the employer is covered by a special agreement. Your link says individuals receive benefits. Also, the Canadian link is for people who cannot work. | |
| Oct 11, 2023 at 5:14 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @AnonymousPhysicist no, it is a general thing, see for example the US healthcare.gov/people-with-disabilities or even pension scheme in Canada canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/… | |
| Oct 11, 2023 at 2:53 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | "they are covered by special agreements with insurer/welfare system." Is this an EU requirement? I am not familiar with this. | |
| Oct 9, 2023 at 16:08 | history | edited | EarlGrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 9, 2023 at 16:08 | comment | added | EarlGrey | additionally: anyone having dealt with HR or finance department will understand that "all things being equal", unless you give a positive edge to the people with some disability, the "pragmatic, rational actuarian book-keeper knowing risk analysis" will discard the profile because of the lingering risk of unproductive time (again, safety margin theory applied to the human body). | |
| Oct 9, 2023 at 16:02 | history | answered | EarlGrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |