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Technically, we specialize in Employment and Labor Law, Intellectual Property, and e-Commerce (legal and regulatory). However, we find it intolerable to turn a blind eye when a myriad of other focal issues that affect your job or life go haywire. It is when such issues arise that we rise and respond to your concerns and questions. In that spirit, this blog, one of the shortest we have published so far, is an adaptation of our video titled “Does Being Pregnant, In Of Itself, Qualify As A Disability.” As the title suggests, we would like, in the spirit of continued support for our nurses, to shed light on the question regarding when a pregnant, in of itself, qualifies as a disability and when it does not.

Straight and direct, the answer to the question whether being pregnant in of itself qualify as a disability is NO! As we mentioned above, we are just revisiting this issue, because we have covered it in the past. True to this, in our video and blog posted and published on September 3, 2021 and September 10, 2021 respectively, we mentioned that off the bat, being pregnant is not a disability per se. We added that, however, from a legal perspective, it is considered a disability when you have certain impairments attributable to your pregnancy. Generally speaking, if your pregnancy impairs performance in your work or poses a threat to your life, then it’s considered a disability and, thus, you’d be entitled to a disability claim.

So far, as we added, courts in New York have acknowledged four, out of six conditions that would make a pregnancy to be considered a disability. These include carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), gestational diabetes, pregnancy-related sciatica, and preeclampsia (a pregnancy-related complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to other organs).

We invite you to review our video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1SvvwPAwU

Stay tuned for more updates on the same and more. In the interim, please reach out to us with questions and/or comments at the Contact Us page!

Always rising above the bar,

Isaac T.,

Legal Writer & Author.