disability accommodations
Workplace accessibility adjustments
Disability accommodations are adjustments made to environments, procedures, or expectations that allow people with disabilities to participate more fully.
In workplaces and schools, accommodations might include wheelchair ramps, sign language interpreters, extended test time, or flexible schedules.
The term emphasizes that barriers are often structural rather than inherent to the person: She requested accommodations for her chronic fatigue syndrome.
Reasonable accommodations are legally required in many contexts.
- grab barsFixed handles for stability
- sign language interpretersTranslators for the deaf
- elevatorsVertical passenger conveyances
- wheelchair rampsSloped paths for mobility devices
- curb cutsSloped sidewalk transitions
screen readers · audiobooks · anti-discrimination laws · large print · reasonable · due process · IEP · counseling services · stair lifts · ergonomic chairs · adjustable desk · note taker · extra time · peer support groups · automatic doors · ramp · accessible parking · anti-discrimination policies
- education lawTitle IX, FERPA, student rights, admissions policy, student conduct
- employer dutiespayroll, payroll taxes, tax withholding, W-2 forms, 1099 forms
- prisoner rightslegal counsel, medical care, fair trial, humane treatment, visitation
- workplace inclusiondiversity officers, workplace diversity, inclusion policies, workplace inclusion, affirmative action
- GI BillGI Bill, VA benefits, education benefits, tuition assistance, housing allowance
- aging workforceaging workforce, older workers, mature workers, baby boomers, senior staff
disability accommodationsinaccessibility
State of being unreachable
physical barriers · communication barriers · non-compliance · hostile architecture
disability accommodationsexclusion
Being barred from participation
discrimination · ableism · disability discrimination · segregation · institutionalization
disability accommodationsneglect
Failure to provide care
lack of support · indifference · abandonment · willful ignorance · disregard