Employers in the Midwest

Knowledge about the ADA and job accommodations in the workplace is positively related to:

• • including disability as part of the company’s diversity efforts (r = .67, p < .01)

  • commitment to hire people with disabilities (r = .64, p < .01), diversity climate of the company (r = .51, p < .01),

  • strong concern about managing disabilities in the company (r = .50, p < .01),

  • perceptions of people with disabilities as productive and reliable workers (r = .28, p < .01), and

  • the use of innovative strategies to recruit and retain people with disabilities (r = .28, p < .01).