What are ADA accommodations?
Under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a job, the work environment, or the way things are usually done during the hiring process.
What are some example of accommodations you have seen due to the ADA?
Installing a ramp to make a workplace wheelchair-accessible. Modifying a restroom so a worker with disabilities can use it. Changing the layout of cubicles to provide enough room for a wheelchair to pass. Providing a raised or adjustable desk so that a wheelchair can be used in place of a chair.
What are some examples of accommodation?
Examples of Accommodations & Modifications
- General Accommodations: Large print textbooks. Textbooks for at-home use.
- Testing and Assessment Accommodations: Answers to be dictated.
- General Modifications: Allow outlining, instead of writing for an essay or major project.
- Behavior modifications: Breaks between tasks.
What are examples of the type of reasonable accommodations that a supervisor may provide?
These include:
- making existing facilities accessible;
- job restructuring;
- part-time or modified work schedules;
- acquiring or modifying equipment;
- changing tests, training materials, or policies;
- providing qualified readers or interpreters; and.
- reassignment to a vacant position. (