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Employment Rights

Job applicants and employees have legal rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Read more to learn about your rights at work and how to ask for a reasonable accommodation.

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Work from Home as a Reasonable Accommodation Sometimes working from home (often called remote work) can be a

Transition Plan Timelines At age 14.5 students in special education should be given a Transition Plan to help

Filing a Charge of Discrimination You have the right to not be discriminated against because of your disability.

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Removing a Job Task as a Reasonable Accommodation If you have a disability, you might be able to

How to Deal With Retaliation Under the ADA, employers cannot punish or take negative action against employees or

Planning for a Medical or Mental Health Emergency Planning ahead for a medical emergency can help make it

Deadlines are very important in special education. If you miss a deadline or if the school misses one,

Best Practices for Meetings Nervous about an upcoming meeting at work? Read the fact sheet below to learn

Disability Harassment You have the right to be free from being harassed at work just because you have

How to Deal With Retaliation If you think your boss or someone at your work retaliated against you

How to Ask For a Copy of Your Personnel File You can see many records in your file

Sometimes people are not born with a disability but get one later in life, like people who get

Discrimination at Work People with disabilities, including older people with many of the health problems that come with

Telling people about your disability at work is a very private thing and only you can decide when
Transitions plans help get your child ready for life after high school.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) says employees with disabilities must be given reasonable accommodations. Sometimes that means

Service Animals in the Workplace As a person with a disability, you have the right to use and

Many people on SSI or SSDI want to work but are scared that they will lose the social
The Division of Rehabilitation Services, often called DRS (sounds like the word “doors”), is a state agency that

How to Mitigate Your Damages Mitigating damages means doing things to limit how much you are harmed if

Asking for a Reasonable Accommodation Reasonable accommodations are changes at work that let you, a person with a

Documenting Your Experiences Knowing when and how to keep track of the times people at work discriminate against

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