Book Description
This workbook is designed to help you prepare a request for accommodation from your employerunder the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Using the legal concepts and definitions from Title I of the ADA, the workbook exercises take youstep by step through the nuts and bolts of an accommodation request. By filling out the worksheetsand exercises here, you will begin to understand the concepts involved and explore how they applyto your situation. When you have worked through each section, you will be able to describe thehealth condition or physical or mental limitations you are experiencing, analyze your job duties andhow your health condition is impacting you at work, research accommodations that will help yoube able to work, and make a request for accommodation from your employer.This workbook is tied closely to the book Making It Work: Managing Your Health ConditionThrough ADA Workplace Accommodations. The book Making It Work provides informationon Title I of the ADA, an employer's obligations under the ADA, and the employmentaccommodation process. It contains detailed explanations, definitions, and many diverse examplesof employee situations, and it provides a big-picture view of how ADA definitions, processes, andrequirements fit together. Because of the detailed information available there, I will periodicallyrefer you back to specific chapters and appendices of the book Making It Work, which you canreference for examples, explanation, and discussion of the questions being asked in theworkbook exercises.
