Unfortunately, because you are a contractor and not an employee, the Americans with Disabilities Act does not provide you protection. Furthermore, even if you were an employee, you would have to prove a permanent disability to obtain protection under the ADA and this injury does not sound like it is permanent.

Even if there is a co-worker who is still working, you would have to prove that you are being treated differently by your EMPLOYER, not the contracting client, based on your age/race/sex (disability is out because you do not have a permanent disability) in order to have any claim against them.

As a contractor you have limited rights and those rights are circumscribed by the terms in your contract and you do not have the same rights as an employee would have when it comes to the ADA, even assuming that your injury was a permanent injury. Thus your options are limited and if you are not able to work and they have no limited duty positions, you will have no real choice but to step down.

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