While she completed grades seven through ten in an orthopedic hospital, her school system did not provide the appropriate follow-through so that she could complete high school. However, the North Carolina vocational rehabilitation authorities and her social service counselor worked with her to complete her GED and go on to college. She gradually became interested in the law profession, and after completing college she enrolled and graduated from Howard University Law School. Ms. Britt consequently has trained other individuals with disabilities in the District of Columbia on ADA issues. When asked about employment issues for individuals with disabilities, Ms. Britt said she feels that employers interpret the job-related factors of the ADA as well as workplace security issues as enabling them to remove employees in too many cases.
Employers focus on employee conduct even if a worker s disability manifests itself in that conduct.
She believes that discrimination lurks in the conduct or behavior charges employers use to terminate employees even though reasonable accommodations may be possible. An avid user of assistive technology, Ms. Britt obtained her first wheelchair in 1983. She uses various aids for daily living such as a cane, reacher, crutches and a stair glide. She also has a ramp to her house.