Telework and employees with disabilities: Accommodation and funding options

Issue title: Funding Consumer Directed Employment Outcomes

Article type: Research Article

Authors: West, Michael D. | Anderson, Jane

Affiliations: Rehabilitation Research & Training Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842011, Richmond, VA 23284-2011, USA | Midwest Institute for Telecommuting Education, RESOURCE, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Abstract: This article describes telework and its use as an accommodation for employees with disabilities. Potential barriers to using telework as an accommodation are presented, as well as potential funding sources for technology. Two case studies of successful accommodation through telework are presented.

Journal: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 115-122, 2005