What Types of Reasonable Accommodations Need to Be Made During the Hiring Process

From Successful Interviewing Guide by Iowa Workforce Development

Reasonable and Necessary Accommodations During the Hiring Process
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that reasonable accommodations be made for applicants with disabilities during every step of the hiring process. The ADA requires that people whose disabilities impair sensory, speaking or manual skills be given tests in a format that does not require use of the impaired skills, unless the test is designed to measure that skill. Some examples of accommodation include:

• Substituting a written test for an oral test (or written instructions for oral instructions) for people with disabilities that impair speaking or hearing
• Giving a test in large print, in Braille, by a reader, or on a computer for people with visual or other reading disabilities
• Providing the services of a sign language interpreter during the interview or testing procedures for applicants with impaired hearing

State Government Agencies of Interest

• Iowa Civil Rights Commission: http://www.state.ia.us/government/crc
• Iowa Department of the Blind: http://www.blind.state.ia.us/
• Iowa Department of Human Rights (Deaf Services and Persons with Disabilities: http://www.humanrights.iowa.gov/
• Iowa Department of Human Services: http://www.dhs.iowa.gov/
• Iowa Department of Public Health: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/ 
• Iowa Development Disabilities Council: http://idaction.com/
• Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services: http://www.ivrs.iowa.gov/ 
• Iowa Workforce Development: http://www.iowaworkforce.org/