Psychiatric Disabilities
This section includes an overview of how psychiatric disabilities may impact a person’s ability to perform work-related tasks, and provides examples of job accommodations that enable these employees to meet their employers’ expectations, and succeed on the job.
Key points:
- For many people with psychiatric disabilities, having a job is a major factor in their recovery and ability to maintain mental wellness.
- The cost and impact of providing reasonable accommodations for employees with mental illness is usually minimal.
- By making reasonable accommodations for employees who need them, employers can significantly reduce the tremendous cost of lost productivity due to disability-related absences and staff turnover.
- An employer’s most valuable asset is its employees; WorkSource centers help employers improve profits by finding the right employees, with the right skills, for the right job.
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