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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