The Atnericans With Disabilities Act Title I

Issue title: The Environment

Subtitle: What Do We Know About Reasonable Accommodations For Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities?

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hennessey, Linda

Affiliations: Greenery Rehabilitation Center, Brighton, Massachusetts

Abstract: Title I is the employment provision of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Mental Illness is one category the ADA includes under its term mental impairment. This paper provides background on the ADA and discusses common functional limitations for individuals with psychiatric disabilities, as well as possible reasonable accommodations an employer may be required to provide under the law.

Keywords: ADA Title I, Occupational therapy, Psychiatric rehabilitation specialists, Individuals with psychiatric disabilities, Employment, Functional limitations, Reasonable accommodations, Undue hardship

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-1994-4404

Journal: Work, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 245-252, 1994