Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
8 results found in disability employment.
- Accommodation Process (Accommodation Workflow, Accommodation Request Process)
- The organizational workflow through which workplace accommodations for employees with disabilities are requested, negotiated, implemented, and monitored. The accommodation process typically involves m…
- Accommodations (Reasonable Accommodations, Workplace Accommodations)
- Modifications or adjustments to environments, processes, or practices that enable disabled people to participate equally. In employment contexts, reasonable accommodations may include flexible schedul…
- Disability Employment (Disability and Employment)
- The broad domain encompassing how disability intersects with employment, including hiring discrimination, workplace accommodations, underemployment, employment gaps, and alternative work arrangements.…
- Flexible Work (Flexible Work Arrangements, Flexible Employment)
- Work arrangements that allow variation in schedule, location, pace, or structure, including remote work, flexible hours, part-time options, and self-directed work. For many disabled people, flexible w…
- Invisible Cost of Disability (Hidden Cost of Disability, Disability Tax, Crip Tax)
- The additional time, energy, money, and cognitive effort that people with disabilities must expend to accomplish tasks that non-disabled people can complete without such overhead. In workplace context…
- Invisible Work (Invisible Labour, Hidden Work)
- The unrecognized and often uncompensated effort that people with disabilities must perform to navigate inaccessible environments, technologies, and workplaces. In professional settings, invisible work…
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- A free service funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy that provides guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. JAN offers one-on-on…
- Workplace Accessibility
- The degree to which work environments, processes, tools, and cultures enable disabled employees to perform their jobs effectively and participate fully in workplace life. Workplace accessibility exten…