For the most part, strategies to include and retain employees with disabilities are not that much different from those for their nondisabled counterparts, and include the following:
- Ensure reasonable accommodations are continuously provided in an appropriate and timely manner, if requested and necessitated by the disability. Remember, an employee's need for a reasonable accommodation may change over time.
- Provide employees with disabilities the same employment and advancement opportunities as those without disabilities, consistent with applicable law.
- Offer mentoring/job shadowing with other employees in similar positions, including encouraging employees with disabilities to serve as mentors.
- Encourage participation in leadership development programs—both internal and external—consistent with applicable law.
- Develop emergency management plans that specifically address the needs of employees with disabilities.
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