hollyda31

I have a question about marginal employment and the "protected environment" thing... I have migraines (should be 50% - waiting on the appeal which should be finished in November), chronic fatigue syndrome (about to appeal on that one; should be 60%), and PTSD (mid-appeal for that; should be 50%). I got out of the military in 2001. Before my military service, during my military service, and immediately after my military service, I worked as an admin professional (was personnel in the military). In 2002, my disabilities were getting too severe, and I had to quit working full-time because of it. I was taking too many sick days and half days because I just couldn't do a full day of work. It never even dawned on me to file disability until 2014, when I started the process with my migraines. In all those intervening years, I did odd jobs, temp assignments, part-time work, and was a homemaker. Because the chronic fatigue comes and goes, I could do temp assignments as long as I started the assignment just AFTER a relapse; my relapses come about 6-9 months apart (usually, although it varies), so a 3-month temp that fell into my healthy period worked out okay, but full-time, long-term stuff was just out of the question. Because I needed something I could do that was flexible, I taught myself to do online marketing. Now, I have a job where I'm a content marketing manager, and it pays me above the poverty level. But what I can't do is go into an office. Technically, my current job is full-time, but because I've worked things out with my employer, I get to work from home on a flexible schedule. While I may still put in 40 hours a week, I'm able to space that out depending on how I'm feeling. I can't physically work a full-time, long-term, 9-to-5 type of job, but I can do telecommuting as long as I have some flexibility in my schedule. Does this count as a "protected environment"?