October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM 2021). This year’s theme “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion” focuses on the importance of ensuring employment participation of people with disabilities in...
Read More about National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2021 — An Interview with JAN’s Anne Hirsh on Disability Inclusion and Supporting Employers and Employees During the COVID-19 PandemicEveryone deals with stress at work — whether experienced at an onsite setting or while working remotely. Whether it is starting a new job, undertaking a new project, or just...
Read More about Dealing with Stress in the Workplace, Part 2Assistive technology (AT) is often an important component to successful employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Whether low tech or high tech, at JAN we are often sharing information with...
Read More about A JAN Interview with Marty Exline from the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP)The availability of authorized COVID-19 vaccines offers hope that America is on the path toward pandemic recovery. Employers are doing their part to boost this recovery by implementing strategies for...
Read More about FAQ: COVID-19 Vaccination and the Americans with Disabilities ActSome individuals who had COVID-19 are experiencing ongoing effects or lingering symptoms for months afterward. The scientific name for this medical condition is Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome or Long COVID. If...
Read More about Long COVID and the Americans with Disabilities ActEmployers across the United States are receiving accommodation requests from employees who currently have COVID-19 or who have recovered from COVID-19 but have long-term effects. As a result, JAN receives...
Read More about Accommodating Employees with COVID-19 or Long COVIDMany employees with disabilities are encountering a need for new accommodations during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, employees may now have greater health risks and require more protection. Employees with...
Read More about Requesting and Negotiating Accommodations During the PandemicJAN consultant Melanie Whetzel had the opportunity to interview Julia Martensson, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager of Specialisterne, to find out more about the company and its role in promoting workplace...
Read More about A Conversation with Julia Martensson of SpecialisterneWith the holiday season over, the wonders of winter are now in full swing. The cold weather that winter brings will cause challenges for everyone. But, people with disabilities can...
Read More about The Wonders of Winter – Accommodation Options for Cold WeatherIn the many years I’ve worked at the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), one of the issues that has consistently come up when talking to individuals with disabilities is whether to...
Read More about New JAN Training Module and Videos Regarding Disability Disclosure!In order to keep businesses operating in a COVID-19 pandemic world, employers and employees are finding innovative, creative, and productive ways to continue to do work. Many employers are abandoning...
Read More about Accommodation Strategies for Returning to Work During the COVID-19 PandemicFor our July blog, JAN team members were asked to reflect on what the ADA means to them, either professionally or personally (or both).
Read More about Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)During these unprecedented times there is a lot of confusion and uncertainty about the coronavirus. The unknown of how we may each be impacted, added to the stressors of work,...
Read More about Coronavirus (COVID-19), Stress, and Mental Health ConditionsEmployers all over the country are responding to the COVID-19, or coronavirus, situation in unprecedented ways in an effort to be part of the solution to reduce the spread of...
Read More about The ADA and Managing Reasonable Accommodation Requests from Employees with Disabilities in Response to COVID-19As many of you know, the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is located at West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown, WV. While well known for our sports teams and sometimes-overzealous student...
Read More about The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at 30 – A Piece of JAN HistoryI recently got back from presenting on workplace accommodations at a national safety conference. One common issue that came up repeatedly were instances when employees, both those with and without...
Read More about Syncope: Understanding What It Is and How to Accommodate ItYou’ve asked your employer for a screen reader and engaged in the interactive process. Now, your screen reading program is here and ready to use! Be aware, the software does...
Read More about Screen Reader TroubleshootingMaybe your desk is in the middle of a new open-floor office space your employer decided to lease. Maybe your colleagues are a bit too talkative throughout the day, or...
Read More about Accommodating Distracting Work SpacesServing on the motor team for 8 years, one issue that comes up time after time is emergency evacuation plans for an employee who uses a wheelchair. Whether it’s part...
Read More about A Practical Approach to Emergency Evacuation for Wheelchair UsersWe have all had moments of forgetfulness. Maybe you mixed up your Tuesdays and showed up to a medical appointment one week early; when you were a student, perhaps it...
Read More about Memory Difficulties in the WorkplaceThe JAN staff respond to a broad range of inquiries related to disability employment issues, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and accommodation topics. In March, JAN published an Ask...
Read More about Ask JAN! Issue TwoHere at JAN, many of our assistive technology (AT) related vision calls continue to revolve around computer access. One of our most commonly requested resources is external computer screen magnification....
Read More about Choosing Among Options for Computer Users with Low VisionEvery sixty-six seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in this country. This was the jarring statistic a speaker shared with attendees at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Inaugural...
Read More about Reflections on the West Virginia University (WVU) Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) Inaugural SummitAn employee with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) experiences respiratory distress and headaches when exposed to certain fragrances. A coworker with generalized anxiety disorder uses essential oils to manage stress. How...
Read More about What’s that Smell? Balancing Fragrance-Related Accommodation Needs with the Need to Use Essential OilsMy career spans more than 30 years in the field of disability and employment. As expected, many changes have occurred as we march toward that more inclusive workplace. Noticeably over...
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