Sometimes it is necessary for Federal hiring officials to make a reasonable workplace accommodation for a person with a disability, if requested and appropriate (unless so doing will result in undue hardship to the agencies). Reasonable accommodation can apply to the duties of the job, and/or where and how job tasks are performed. The accommodation should make it easier for the employee to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of reasonable accommodations include providing interpreters, readers, or other personal assistance; modifying job duties; restructuring work sites; providing flexible work schedules or work sites; and providing accessible technology or other workplace adaptive equipment.
An individual can request reasonable accommodation either orally or in writing. Individuals who need reasonable accommodation are responsible for making their needs known to their supervisors. The supervisor and the individual should clarify the individual's needs, and identify the appropriate reasonable accommodation required to meet those needs.
Further details are available on the following websites:
Read OPM guidance to Federal agencies on Disability Discrimination as well as case law and policies.
Read the Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) guidance to agencies on worksite accommodations solutions, recruitment services, etc.
Read how the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), a program of the Department of Defense, provides assistive technology and services to people with disabilities, Federal managers, supervisors, IT professionals, and Wounded Services Members. CAP provides necessary accommodations FREE OF CHARGE to federal agencies.
Read U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Enforcement Guidance on Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship under the Americans with Disabilities Act, October 17, 2002.
Read EEOC Policy Guidance On Executive Order 13164 which establishes procedures to facilitate the provision of reasonable accommodation, October 20, 2000.
Read Questions and Answers - Policy Guidance On Executive Order 13164 which establishes procedures to facilitate the provision of reasonable accommodation, October 20, 2000.
Read EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Psychiatric Disabilities, March 25, 1997.
Read ADA Enforcement Guidance on pre employment disability-related questions and medical examinations, October 10, 1995.
This page can be found on the web at the following url: http://www.opm.gov/disability/reasonableaccommodation.asp