Workplace Accessibility
The work environment should be one in which staff and faculty are able to contribute in meaningful ways regardless of disability.
In the work environment:
- Employees need to know how to request reasonable accommodation
- Supervisors should be comfortable providing reasonable adjustments
- Supervisors should instill comittment to accessibility through professional development
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- See calendar of training opportunities
Employers and Hiring Authorities should be thinking about:
- Recruiting quality employees with disabilities
- Retaining employees who acquire disability
- Working to instill campus-wide commitment to accessibility by:
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- Requiring accessibility related training relevant to job
- Promoting participation in awareness building efforts
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Staff and Faculty might be thinking about:
- Physical accessibility of workplace
- Better (more efficient or more effective) ways of using the computer
- Requests for disability related work adjustments
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