A “win-win” perspective on workplace accommodations: RETAIN Kentucky’s self-advocacy guide to promote successful return to work and stay at work outcomes for workers with disabilities

BACKGROUND: Research has long documented the low cost and effectiveness of most workplace accommodations to enable qualified people with disabilities to seek, secure, and maintain employment. OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: RETAIN Kentucky’s return to work and stay at work intervention involves focused traini...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2023-01, Vol.74 (1), p.3-10
Main Authors: Rumrill, Phillip D., Rumrill, Stuart P., Wickert, Kimberly, Sheppard-Jones, Kathleen, Baumunk, Megan, Roessler, Richard T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disabilities
Disabled Persons
Employment
Humans
Kentucky
People with disabilities
Return to Work
Workplace
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Research has long documented the low cost and effectiveness of most workplace accommodations to enable qualified people with disabilities to seek, secure, and maintain employment. OBJECTIVE AND METHOD: RETAIN Kentucky’s return to work and stay at work intervention involves focused training for participants on requesting needed accommodations from their employers. RESULTS: In this article, we describe the win-win approach to reasonable accommodations, which serves as the basis for helping Kentuckians with disabilities identify and request on-the-job supports to aid in their efforts to remain in the workforce. CONCLUSIONS: Workers with disabilities are more likely to stay in the workforce and continue making valuable contributions to the national and global economies if they have effective accommodations and other employment supports available to them.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-223651