Cognitive Diversity: Reasonable Accommodation of Employees with Attention Deficit Disorder Within the Guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act
David C. Wyld
DOI: 10.2190/GXYA-BAH3-B4QX-LK75
Abstract
This article examines an issue that is likely to become of great importance to employers in the coming years. Recent medical research has shown that Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), which had formerly been thought to be a childhood impairment, in many cases persists into adulthood. Due to the projected prevalence of this disorder, employers will increasingly be faced with the conundrum of how to reasonably accommodate workers with ADD into their workforces under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADD). This article presents an overview of what is known about Adult ADD. Then, suggestions are made as to how employers should manage workers who are actually diagnosed with the condition.
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