Reasonable accommodation to comply with the ADA laws

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Using your current job (or previous job if you are not currently working), look at (or write up) your job description and determine which duties you perform that could and could not require reasonable accommodation to comply with the ADA laws. According to the EEOC, reasonable accommodation may include the following:

  • Acquiring or modifying equipment or devices
  • Part-time or modified work schedules
  • Adjusting or Modifying examinations, training materials, or policies
  • Providing readers and interpreters
  • Making the workplace readily accessible to and usable by people with disabilities

Address each of these 5 accommodations with your job description and discuss what could be reasonably addressed (how and why), and what could not (how and why)