The role of the rehabilitation placement professional in the ADA era

Issue title: Job Site Modifications and Accommodations

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mullins, James A.^; | Rumrill, Phillip D. | Roessler, Richard T.

Affiliations: Rehabilitation Education and Research Department, University of Arkansas, 346 N. West Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA

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Abstract: Rehabilitation placement professionals have a vital role in helping American corporations develop recruiting, hiring, and accommodation practices that are compatible with the civil rights protections in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To perform this consulting function, they must have current information on: (a) provisions and protections in Title I of the ADA; (b) the benefits of hiring people with disabilities; (c) the cost-effectiveness of reasonable accommodations; and (d) collaborative employer/employee approaches to job accommodations.

Keywords: Rehabilitation placement consultant, American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-1996-6102

Journal: Work, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 3-10, 1996