Legal Question in Disability Law in Illinois

The employer may have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. This will depend on a number of factors first and foremost whether your cousin's condition qualifies as an ADA disability. With recent amendments to the Act, many conditions and impairments are considered disabilities. Once it is established if she is disabled within the meaning of the ADA, an inquiry must be made into her essential job duties and whether a reasonable accommodation could've been made (continued leave of absence, job duty modification etc). This is a complex and technical inquiry. Here is a link to more information. This is a case I litigated: http://www.govdocs.com/interactive-process-reasonable-accommodation/

Your cousin would be well served to contact a qualified and experienced attorney in this area.