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Job Restructuring as an Accommodation: Reassigning Non-Essential Tasks
...fundamentally requires. It means reassigning the marginal functions you can't perform to someone else while you continue doing the essential work. When your disability prevents you from completing certain tasks, but not the core work the position exists to accomplish, reassignment of those marginal duties is exactly...
Career > Accommodations
Service Animals in the Workplace: Employer Obligations and Employee Rights
...directly related to your disability. Now you need to bring that...Work. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a service...tasks for a person with a disability. The tasks must be directly...be directly related to the disability. Emotional support animals,...gets to decide whether your disability is real or whether the dog...
Career > Accommodations
Temporary Accommodations During Medical Treatment or Recovery
...situation. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) doesn't only...protect people with permanent disabilities. It covers temporary...What Counts as a Temporary Disability Under the ADA. The ADA defines...the ADA. The ADA defines disability as a physical or mental impairment...determine whether something's a disability. A condition that lasts six...
Career > Accommodations
Modified Work Schedules as a Reasonable Accommodation
...reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. They include flexible start and end...arrangements, split shifts, and job-sharing. If your disability affects when or how long you can work during...your regular work hours that accommodates your disability. The most common types are: Flexible start...
Career > Accommodations
Writing a Medical Necessity Letter for Workplace Accommodations
...employee asks for a workplace accommodation and the disability or need for accommodation isn't obvious. The...require. Employers can ask for: Confirmation that a disability exists under ADA definitions Explanation of functional...workplace need Prognosis or predictions about future disability status If an employee requests a standing desk...
Financial > Financial Planning
Assistive Technology Grants: Where the Money Is and How Families Actually Get It
...gets funded. What Counts as Assistive Technology and Why It's Expensive. Assistive technology is any device or equipment that helps a person with a disability perform tasks they couldn't do otherwise or makes those tasks easier. It includes mobility devices like wheelchairs, walkers, and adaptive bikes;...
News > Lifestyle
The Challenged Athletes Foundation Just Gave Out $7 Million in Grants. Here's How Families Can Apply.
...million to athletes with physical disabilities. The funding reached people across...individuals with permanent physical disabilities that impair mobility, neuromuscular...provide medical verification of their disability from a licensed professional. First-time...documentation explaining how the disability affects daily activities. All applicants...
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Voice Command Setup for Smart Home Devices: Accessibility Beyond Mobility
...dysarthria confirm Google understands non-standard pronunciation and cadence better than Alexa or Siri. If your child's speech is affected by their disability, start your testing with Google. Apple Siri works best if your household is already deep in the Apple ecosystem (iPhones, iPads, HomePods). Siri's...
News > Advocacy
Pennsylvania Just Signed Three Executive Orders to Protect Disability Families. Here's What It Means and What Other States Can Do.
...people with disabilities. The orders...and share disability data, create...Developmental Disabilities Council...autism and disability data from states,...aspects of disability rights and...limits on disability data collection....using state disability records. Executive...People with Disabilities. The commission...people with disabilities, family...Developmental Disabilities Council....
News > Advocacy
The Federal Agency That Funds Independence for People with Disabilities Is Being Eliminated. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...support programs, disability research, and...people with disabilities. Today,...families with disabilities depend on...regardless of age or disability, should be able...people with disabilities each year....families navigate disability services, access...people with disabilities. National...people with disabilities. National...Institute on Disability, Independent...
News > Education
Three School Employees Were Arrested for Abusing Children with Disabilities in a Special Education Classroom. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...school. This case exposes how children in special education, especially non-verbal students, face elevated risks when staff aren't properly trained in disability rights and restraint protocols. What Happened at S.P. Morton Elementary. The investigation began in February when parents reported concerns about...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Wheelchair-Accessible School Bus Transportation: Legal Rights and Practical Solutions
...has said isn't safe. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), transportation is a...supportive services required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education." Transportation...needs transportation to get to school and their disability requires accommodations on that transport, it...