Accommodations For Work


Easter Seals Assistive Technology

Find information about Easter Seal's Assistive Technology Center's statewide programs. The services offered support living, learning and working.

Visit the Easter Seals Iowa website

Self-Advocacy in the Workplace: Requesting Job Accommodations

This article from the Learning Disabilities Association describes how to ask for accommodations at work.

Visit the Learning Disabilties Association of America website

Jobs Accommodation Network (JAN)

Information about accommodations for work and how to ask for them. Other information about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is included. This is from the Job Accommodation Network (JAN).

Visit the Job Accommodation Network website

ADA Overview

An overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act is provided by the ADA National Network. It is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. The law covers jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.

Visit the Americans with Disabilities Act Technical Assistance website

Path to Independence - Mobile Apps to Support Transition-Age Youth

Find out about technology that can help people in many ways. Technology can help you at work, at school and at home. Some can help you find and get a job. This document lists many resources that are free. Whether it is to stay organized, take notes, or do a job, these resources might help you.

Visit the PACER Center website

IVRS General Brochure

Services from Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) are explained. This includes a list of services available, who is eligible and how to apply.

Visit the Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services website

Assistive Technology for Transition Success

These assistive technology resources to support students in transition webpage includes handouts, videos and webinars. The focus is on general AT, employment, postsecondary education and training and independent living.

Visit the PACER Center website

Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace

This fact-sheet describes what reasonable accommodations in the workplace are and how to ask for them. From the ADA National Network, a nation-wide resource.

Visit the Americans with Disabilities Act Technical Assistance website

Center on Technology and Disability website

The Center on Technology and Disability's website includes a resource library and webinars. about assistive technology.

Visit the Center on Technology and Disability website

A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment

An updated Transition Guide by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services includes best practices.

Visit the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services website

Executive Functioning Skills at Work: How Technology Can Help

This video discusses valuable workplace skills and offers helpful tips and technology to support executive functioning skills at work. Topics include: arriving on time, completing tasks as directed, staying focused, and having an organized work space.

Visit the Center on Technology and Disability website

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Nursing Career Guide for People With Disabilities

This guide to nursing careers for people with disabilities provides information about the benefits and challenges, common nursing degrees and specialty fields, and some common accommodations for students with disabilities in nursing programs.

Visit the Nursing Education website