In the states, IN THEORY, you are guaranteed some type of support if you have a special education lable until the age of 21.An example pertinent to us might be OHI or other health imparments.
In most Universities there are also programs where a case worker can help you with such tasks as helping you organize, sometimes attending classes to help you organize your notes, getting extentions for assignments, etc.. I have no idea if these programs would apply or the same quality of services, if you don't have a Special Education diagnosis.
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/idea35/history/index_pg10.html
This was over ten years ago and with all the funding cuts, I have no idea if these programs still exist in the same form.
There are laws that say you can have accommodations to be able to do your job, I have heard so many stories of employers making it extremely difficult to stay employed through other means that skirt around these laws. I have known this to happen to others as well as mysel. After 26 years of stellar evaluations, I was put in no win situations and even intimidation carried out in subtle ways.
When I took a leave of absence, under The Family Leave Act, without pay as I had used all my sick leave, I lived on my savings and credit cards for a year hoping to be able to go back to work. My colleagues even offered to donate sick leave, bless them, but were told for every 10 days of sick leave donated, I would only get one, so it wasn't worth it. I still don't know if this was true.
http://www.ada.gov/2010_regs.htm
That with crummy health insurance, I ended up having to declare bankrupcy, something I had would never have even fathomed, happening to me. It turns out that most bankruptcies are related to health bills. It was a devastating experienc, even though I was lucky to get approved relatively quickly.
That being said, I would think for a lot. of us, with the severity of this damn illness as well as the sometimes relapsing and remitting, even these type of accomodations wouldn't help.
Basicall, we are put in a no win situation. As well as those who have other invisible illnesses like ourselves that aren't accepted.
I certainly hope the disgusting comment was a troll. Whichever, some still believe what he/she said or some variation of this.
Reality doesn't always match with the way things are supposed to work.
Sorry for getting a bit off topic and ranting but at the moment, I'm too tired to edit.
Barb