Accommodating IDDs in employment: A Primer / Guidebook
This Primer / Guidebook from the Disability Law Initiative is entitled “Reasonable Accommodation for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Employment – Learnings from Advanced Societies.”
Many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in India, with the support of their caregivers, seek integrated employment to realize their best potential. The key to this is reasonable accommodation of their special needs, a concept still nascent in India but well established in advanced societies such as the USA and Europe.
Starting with the USA, we look at how the balance has been achieved in these countries for providing special facilities and adjustments for PwIDDs without imposing an undue burden on the employers.
We trust this will help advance the discussion for fostering an enabling environment at the workplace for PwIDDs in India.