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About Non-obvious Disabilities: ADA Trainer Network Module 2i About Non-obvious Disabilities: Legal, Practical, and Human Considerations Trainer’s Name Trainer’s Title Phone Email/Web Page

Disclaimer Information, materials, and/or technical assistance are intended solely as informal guidance, and are neither a determination of your legal rights or responsibilities under the ADA, nor binding on any agency with enforcement responsibility under the ADA. The Northeast ADA Center is authorized by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide information, materials, and technical assistance to individuals and entities that are covered by the ADA. The contents of this document were developed under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number H133 A110020. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

Non-obvious Disabilities The Disclosure Dilemma

Social Paradigms Moral View: Disability meant God is displeased Medical Model: The person is broken and needs to be “fixed” Rehabilitation Model: Be as “normal” as possible Social Model: Shifts blame for lack of integration from person to environment

Some Types of Non-obvious Disabilities Learning disabilities Psychiatric disabilities Brain injuries Asperger’s Conditions such as fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, diabetes, asthma

The ADA and Disclosure Are non-obvious disabilities considered “disabilities” and included under the protections of the ADA?

relative term… it means different things to different people How does the ADA Define Disability? (*The ADAAA) Disability is a relative term… it means different things to different people

Definition of Disability A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity The definition of disability is broadened and clarified by the ADA Amendments Act.

What is a “Major” Life Activity? Walking Seeing Hearing Speaking Sleeping Breathing Learning Caring for oneself Working

What is “Substantially Limiting”? Unable to perform a major life activity compared to most people Significantly restricted as to the condition, manner or duration activity can be performed in comparison to most people

Possible Limitations of Non-obvious Disabilities Learning in one or more areas (reading, writing, mathematics) Processing information/Memory Communication Interpersonal relations Decision-making Physical/mental stamina

Anyone with a disability, whether obvious to others or not, who fits this definition of disability is given the protections of the ADA.

The ADA and Disclosure Disclosure is a legally-protected choice. You only need to disclose if you are requesting reasonable accommodation: To participate in a service, such as training To take part in a job interview To do a job after you have been hired

Accommodating Non-obvious Disabilities http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/hr_tips/article.cfm?group_id=4 Employment & Disability Institute’s HR tips series on accommodating specific disabilities www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/psych.html The EEOC article on Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities 39 http://www/dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/psychiatric.htm US Dept. of Labor brief on maximizing the workplace performance of workers with psychiatric disabilities

Accommodating Non-obvious Disabilities http://www.ldanatl.org/ Learning Disability Association of America provides information about learning disabilities and school and workplace accommodations for people with learning disabilities. http://askjan.org/ The job accommodation network offers suggestions for accommodating workers with all types of disabilities. State Vocational Rehabilitation and Developmental Disabilities Agencies These organizations can provide suggestions and may be able to provide support for employers and/or workers with disabilities.

Employment and Disability Institute Northeast ADA Center Employment and Disability Institute Cornell University Dolgen Hall Room 201 Ithaca, New York 14853-3901 Toll-Free : 800.949.4232 (NY, NJ, PR, USVI) Telephone 607.255.6686 Fax 607.255.2763 TTY 607.255.6686 Email northeastada@cornell.edu Web www.northeastada.org The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number H133 A110020. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.