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disclosure and accommodation we'll start

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with some definition disclosure this

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simply means telling others about a

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disability or its impact in employment

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context it might mean discussing a

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disability or it's related barriers on

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the job disclosure when and to whom a

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worker might disclose to a variety of

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parties like supervisors human resources

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personnel union reps co-workers and

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sometimes clients and customers a worker

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might also choose to never disclose this

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information at work the decision to

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disclose belongs to the person who lives

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with the disability accommodations these

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are the strategies aids and alterations

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and work conditions used in employment

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education social service and commercial

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settings this ensures that a person can

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overcome a disability related barrier in

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order to participate fully and benefit

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fully consider this example changing a

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break time to allow a worker to take

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medication or ordering special software

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to make it easier to read documents on a

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computer workers with disabilities are

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legally entitled to necessary

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accommodations and employers are legally

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required to provide them accommodation

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requests often involve disclosing the

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impact of a disability