Pain They Can't See

Your chronic fibromyalgia requires work-from-home accommodations, but your new manager, Sandra Blackwood, demands 'concrete evidence' of your invisible disability. With performance reviews approaching and your accommodation letter being questioned, you must defend your rights while maintaining professional composure. Time is running out as HR awaits your manager's final decision.

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Senior Project Coordinator with 4 years at the company

Conversation Partner

Sandra Blackwood, Director of Operations

Setting

Video call in your home office, harsh afternoon light casting shadows across your desk, pain medication bottles carefully hidden from view

Location

Remote meeting via corporate video platform

Learning Objectives

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Successfully defend your right to reasonable accommodation without revealing private medical details

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Maintain professional composure while educating about invisible disabilities

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Secure written confirmation of continued remote work arrangement

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Listen, I've been reviewing all remote work arrangements, and frankly, your situation concerns me. Without concrete proof of this... condition, I can't justify special treatment. When can you start coming back to the office full-time?”

This is how Sandra Blackwood, Director of Operations's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#634

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