Short Term Disability Essay

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EQUALITY FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE ADOPTION: THE ARGUMENT OF SHORT TERM DISBILITY

When one gives birth to a child they can qualify and receive short term disability insurance among their maternity leave. Short term disability insurance pays a percentage of one’s salary for those who become disabled, by an illness or injury that is not related to work. While Short Term Disability cover mothers who give birth, it “does not cover a mother who has adopted as they are not deemed “disabled”.” While this fact may be true, adoptive parents are disabled in other ways. They are disabled by the process of adoption and emotionally and by the transition of the new child into their home. There is no saying no-thank you in the adoption process. Each and every …show more content…

Short Term Disability “programs cover only the medical conditions of pregnancy and childbirth, however, fathers and adoptive parents do not have access to paid leave… to care for or bond with a new child.” If adoption parents are not able to use short-term disability, there should be other avenues for them to take. Adoption helps many children receive permanent and loving homes that they would otherwise never have. It gives couples who are unable to bear a child themselves, the opportunity to receive the children they so badly want. Adoption is a wonderful process and the families who choose to adopt should be given the same or equal opportunities as biological families are given when they give birth. If Short Term Disability is not wanted to or able be changed to accommodate for adoption families, then there needs to be a new Act, such as the FAMILY Act. An Act that would be available for adoption families to qualify for and receive adequate paid leave to go through the adoption process and care for their new child. Adoption should be treated no differently than conceiving a child. Both processes have their different aspects that disable them and distract them form their work and in the end of each the most important thing is the wellbeing of the

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