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Employment Checklist For Hiring People Who Stutter

Do!

  • Do learn where to find and recruit people with disabilities.
  • Do learn how to communicate with people who have disabilities.
  • Do ensure that your applications and other company forms do not ask disability-related questions.
  • Do consider having written job descriptions that identify the essential functions of the job.
  • Do relax and make the applicant feel comfortable.
  • Do provide reasonable accommodations that the qualified applicant will need to compete for the job.
  • Do treat an individual who stutters the same way you would treat any applicant or employee with dignity and respect.

Don't!

  • Don't assume that persons with disabilities are unemployable.
  • Don't assume that people who stutter lack the necessary education and training for employment.
  • Don't assume that certain jobs are more suited to persons who stutter.
  • Don't speculate or try to imagine how you would perform a specific job if you stuttered.
  • Don't assume that you don't have any jobs that a person who stutters can do.
  • Don't make medical judgments or assumptions as to why the person stutters or what they can or cannot do.

Adapted from U.S. Department of Labor / Office of Disability Employment Policy Employment Checklist For Hiring Persons With A Disability.

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