Accommodation Information by Disability: A to Z
The use of the term "disability" in this context does not mean that these conditions are disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). For more information on the ADA's definition of disability, see: How to Determine Whether a Person Has a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Also visit JAN's ADA Glossary and JAN's Employers' Practical Guide to Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The links below provide overview information on impairments, as well as accommodation ideas and organizations you can contact.
A
- Addison's Disease
- Aging Employees
- AIDS/HIV
- Alcoholism
- Allergies
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amputation
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Anxiety Disorders
- Arthritis
- Asperger Syndrome
- Ataxia
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
B
- Back Impairments
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bladder Impairments (Interstitial Cystitis)
- Bleeding Disorders
- Body Odor
- Brain Injuries
- Burn Injuries
C
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth
- Chemical Sensitivity or Environmental Illness
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Pain
- Cognitive Impairment
- Color Vision Deficiency (Color Blind)
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Cumulative Trauma Disorders
D
- Deafness
- Depression
- Developmental Disabilities
- Diabetes
- Drug Addiction
- Dystonia
E
- Epilepsy
- Essential Tremor
F
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- Fibromyalgia
- Fragrance Sensitivity
G
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Graves' Disease
H
- Heart Conditions
- Hearing Loss
- Hepatitis
- Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
- HIV/AIDS
- Huntington's Disease
I
- Intellectual or Cognitive Impairment
K
- Kidney Disease
L
- Latex Allergies
- Learning Disabilities
- Leg Impairment
- Lyme Disease
- Little Person
- Liver Diseases
- Lupus
M
- Marfan Syndrome
- Mental Health Impairments
- Migraine Headaches
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity or Environmental Illness
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
O
- Obesity
- One Hand Use
P
- Paraplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Post-Polio Syndrome
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Pregnancy
- Psychiatric Impairments (See Mental Health Impairments)
Q
- Quadriplegia
R
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
- Renal Disease
- Respiratory Disorders
S
- Sarcoidosis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Shingles
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Skin Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Speech-Language Impairments
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stomach Ulcers and Reflux Disease
- Stroke
- Stuttering
T
- Thyroid Disorders
- Tourette Syndrome
V
- Vertigo
- Vision Impairments
W
- Wheelchair Use