Articles
Thirty pieces on the decisions that come up in disability employment — what the law requires, what the programs currently are, and what to do next.
Job Search
Disclosure, gaps, federal hiring routes, and assessing an employer. All 7 →
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Disclosing a Disability: When, to Whom, and Why
Disclosure is a decision, not an obligation. What the law protects, what employers may and may not ask, and how to think about timing.
Job SearchAsking for Accommodations During the Hiring Process
You can request an accommodation for an application, test or interview without naming a diagnosis. How to ask, when, and what if it goes wrong.
Job SearchEmployment Gaps for Health Reasons: How to Talk About Them
How much to say, how to say it in a resume and an interview, and why the most common instinct — hiding it — usually causes more problems than it solves.
Job SearchSchedule A: Applying for Federal Jobs Without Competing
A non-competitive federal hiring authority for people with disabilities — who qualifies, what documentation you need, and how to actually use it.
Job SearchResumes When Your Work History Was Interrupted
How to structure a resume that carries gaps, career changes and non-linear experience without looking like it is hiding something.
Job SearchHow to Tell Whether an Employer Is Actually Inclusive
Awards and statements cost nothing. What to look at instead, what to ask in an interview, and what the hiring process itself tells you.
Job SearchInterview Preparation: What to Sort Out Beforehand
Practical preparation, the questions employers may not ask you, how to handle the ones that come anyway, and what to ask them.
At Work
Accommodations, the interactive process, and what to do when it stops working. All 9 →
Remote Work as an Accommodation, Not a Perk
What the law says about remote work as an accommodation, how to request one, and how employers should assess it after return-to-office mandates.
At WorkThe Interactive Process: How It Looks From Both Sides
What happens after an accommodation is requested — what employers must do, what employees can expect, and where the process most often breaks down.
At WorkAccommodations That Cost Nothing
Most workplace accommodations are free or close to it. What they look like in practice, why cost is the wrong first question, and how to ask for one.
At WorkNon-Apparent and Episodic Conditions at Work
Conditions nobody can see, and conditions that come and go, create a specific set of problems at work. What they are and how both sides can handle them better.
At WorkMental Health at Work: Where the Conversation Belongs
What accommodation looks like for mental health conditions, what employers may ask, and how to keep the conversation about work.
At WorkAssistive Technology at Work: What Exists and Who Pays for It
The categories of workplace assistive technology, the funding routes most people never hear about, and why the free options come first.
At WorkWhen an Accommodation Stops Working
Roles change, systems change, conditions change. Why accommodations quietly stop fitting, and how to revisit one without starting from zero.
At WorkReturning to Work After a Long Absence
A phased return that works, what to agree before the first day back, and the mistakes that turn a successful return into a second absence.
At WorkWhat to Do If an Accommodation Is Refused
A refusal is not always the end of the process. What to check first, how to respond in writing, where to get free help, and why the deadlines matter.
Hiring & Retention
Building a process people can complete, finding candidates, keeping them, and measuring it. All 7 →
Job Postings That Don't Screen Out Half Your Candidates
The requirements, phrasing and formatting choices that quietly remove qualified applicants from your pool — and what to write instead.
Hiring & RetentionAn Accessible Hiring Process: From Application Form to Final Interview
Where hiring processes lose candidates with disabilities before anyone reads their resume — and the fixes, most of which cost nothing.
Hiring & RetentionAccessible Meetings and Everyday Practice
The small operational habits that decide whether someone can participate — most of them free, most of them better for everyone.
Hiring & RetentionWhere to Find Candidates: Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Partnerships
The referral networks employers overlook, what a VR agency actually provides, and how to build a partnership that produces candidates rather than a meeting.
Hiring & RetentionOnboarding With Accommodations: The First 90 Days
Accommodations arranged before day one rather than after it. What to settle, who owns each part, and the mistakes that cost you a hire you already paid to make.
Hiring & RetentionRetention: Why Employees With Disabilities Leave, and What Prevents It
Hiring is the visible half. The reasons people leave are mostly ordinary management failures with a specific edge — and most are cheaper to fix than to replace.
Hiring & RetentionMeasuring a Disability Employment Program: What to Track
Headcount is the least useful number available. What to measure instead, what the numbers usually reveal, and how to collect data without creating a problem.
Law & Programs
ADA, Section 503, Section 508, WOTC, SSI/SSDI and vocational rehabilitation. All 7 →
WOTC in 2026: The Program Is in Hiatus. Here Is What to Do Anyway.
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit's authorization expired at the end of 2025 and has not been renewed. Why you should keep filing the paperwork regardless.
Law & ProgramsSection 503 in 2026: What Changed, What Didn't, and What Contractors Should Do Now
OFCCP has proposed removing the disability self-identification requirement and the 7% utilization goal. The rule is not final. Here is what applies today.
Law & ProgramsThe ADA: What the Law Requires, and What It Doesn't
Who is covered, what employers must do, what the law does not require, and the misunderstandings that cause problems in both directions.
Law & ProgramsSection 508 and Digital Accessibility: What Applies to Whom
Which accessibility rules apply to federal agencies, contractors, and private employers — and why WCAG has become the practical standard regardless.
Law & ProgramsWorking While on SSI or SSDI: How the Work Incentives Fit Together
The Trial Work Period, SGA, and what happens to health coverage — with the 2026 figures and where to get free individual advice.
Law & ProgramsHow Vocational Rehabilitation Works
A federally funded, state-run system providing free employment services to people with disabilities. Eligibility, services, and how to use it.
Law & ProgramsThe ADA Amendments Act of 2008: What Changed and Why It Still Matters
Congress rewrote the definition of disability because courts had narrowed it beyond recognition. Eighteen years on, employers still argue the old way.