The Python community didn’t exclude Kenneth because of his condition, at least directly. They excluded him because of his actions and history of shady, manipulative behaviors.

And while workplaces should be accommodating, there’s a point where it gets to be too much.

I worked at a place with a person with similar behaviors and it destroyed that company because they refused to acknowledge reality: this was a business, not a care facility.

One thing is clear: Kenneth is suffering. I hope that he is able to see his behavior from the outside and heal. He’s a great programmer who ships products.

For those who don’t know, Kenneth created the Requests library which is nearly ubiquitous in the Python world.