This Veterans Accommodations Toolkit shares resources on workplace accommodations and supports for disabled veterans. It includes tips, strategies, and resources for disabled veterans, including how to find and request workplace accommodations and more.
This section contains resources and tools for disabled veterans to learn about workplace accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and veteran apprenticeship success stories.
- A-Z Job Accommodations for Disabled Veterans – This A-Z directory from ODEP’s Job Accommodation Network highlights a broad range of accommodations and supports for common disabilities experienced by veterans, such as brain injuries, physical injuries, and mental health conditions.
- Veterans and the ADA – This fact sheet from the ADA National Network explains important employment laws, including the ADA and Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
This section contains resources and tools for veterans on how to request accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), voluntarily self-disclose a disability, and learn about workplace accommodation scenarios.
- How to Ask for an Accommodation – This guide from the ODEP-funded Job Accommodation Network (JAN) explains how individuals may request and negotiate workplace accommodations under the ADA.
- How to Self-Disclose Your Disability – This JAN guide describes ways disabled veterans can voluntarily self-disclose at each phase of the job cycle (pre-employment, post-offer, on-boarding, and accessing workplace accommodations after starting).
- Situations and Solutions Finder – This JAN tool provides access to accommodation scenarios by searching for examples based on disability, limitation, and occupation (e.g., welder, electrician, machinist, mechanic, etc.).
- Accommodation Situations and Solutions: Maritime and Shipbuilding – This Job Accommodation Network webpage provides examples of potential accommodation solutions related to performing specific job duties within the shipbuilding industry.
This section offers training aids and disability accommodation scenarios for disabled veterans, sorted by disability type:
This section provides training resources for disabled veterans who are interested in learning more about workplace accommodations.
What is a Reasonable Accommodation? – This resource on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) from the ADA National Network defines what reasonable accommodations are and explains how veterans can request accommodations.
Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Disabled Veterans – This training from the ODEP-funded Job Accommodation Network discusses accommodations for veterans with cognitive disabilities and mental health conditions that may be needed for success at work.
This section offers additional resources for disabled veterans.
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) – This website features programs and resources to enhance access to jobs and career pathways for disabled veterans.
Apprenticeship USA - Hire Veterans – This resource discusses how to support veterans’ access to apprenticeship opportunities.
A to Z of Disabilities and Accommodations – This resource from the ODEP-funded Job Accommodation Network highlights accommodations and supports for common physical, mobility, sensory, mental health, and cognitive disabilities experienced by workers with disabilities, including disabled veterans.
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability (EARN) – This ODEP-funded resource provides employer-focused information on how to support disabled veterans, including their access to work accommodations.