Disability Terms
This is a change to the hiring process, the way the job is done, or the work environment that allows a person with a disability to perform the essential functions of that job and enjoy equal employment opportunities.
Reasonable accommodation
This law prohibits employers from asking questions that are likely to reveal the existence of a disability before making a job offer.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Is an employer required to provide a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process?
TRUE
The organization that supports people with disabilities to prepare for, obtain, maintain and advance in meaningful employment by providing a range of services.
Vocational Rehabilitation
Who is required to provide "reasonable accommodations" for job interviews?
The employer
An employer is allowed to ask how many days you were sick last year?
FALSE
This is a Vocational Rehabilitation program that allows TWC-VR to pay a student's wages while they work at a host business site.
Paid Work Experience
True/False
Employers may ask narrow-tailored questions about an applicants abilities to perform essential job functions (with or without reasonable accommodation).
True
Employers may also ask applicants to describe or demonstrate how they would perform job tasks during the applications and interview process.
About 91% of disabilities are caused by illnesses
TRUE
This is considered to be any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.
Assistive Technology
ADA disabilities include both physical and this type of medical condition.
Mental/Psychological
Most disabilities are not work related.
TRUE
in 2016, only one percent of workers missed work because of job-related injury or illness.
This most common disability type impacts the major life activities in 1 in 7 adults in the United States.
Mobility
With age, disability becomes more common, affecting about 2 in 5 adults 65 and older
The final version of the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by this president.
George H. W. Bush
You are more likely to incur a disability than you are to die prematurely.
True
A disability is more probable and potentially more financially catastrophic for a family than a premature death would be.