Disability Issues and Accommodations
- Requesting ADA accommodations at SMCCD (overview and FAQs by Skyline Anthropology Professor Lori Slicton)
- SMCCD HR online form to request reasonable accommodation
- California Department of Rehabilitation (focuses on workplace retention—making it possible for you to stay at your job as long as you want to stay there)
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN) (provides “free, expert, and confidential guidance on job accommodations and disability employment issues”):
- Disability Rights California (a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 that “defends, advances, and strengthens the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities”):
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Federal agency tasked with preventing and investigating workplace discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information)
- Office of Civil Rights (enforces Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education)
- Legal Aid at Work (free legal aid)
- Text of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Text of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA):
Please reach out to AFT 1493 Executive Secretary Marianne Kaletzky (kaletzky at aft1493 dot org) if you want support during the accommodations process or if the District fails to offer or provide reasonable accommodations.