reasonable accommodations

Disability support modifications

Reasonable accommodations are adjustments made to help someone with a disability participate equally—in employment, education, or public spaces.

The term is legal in origin: employers must provide reasonable accommodations unless doing so causes undue hardship.

Examples include wheelchair ramps, flexible schedules, or screen-reading software.

She requested a reasonable accommodation to work from home two days a week.

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