Disability and Adjustment
The following disability types and diagnosis are consistent with those represented in the majority of applications for workplace modification assessment through the Employment Assistance Fund.
Cognition: managing problem solving, thinking, attention and memory at work
- Cognitive and thinking skills
- Original and creative thinking
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Attention, concentration and remembering work tasks
- Workplace solutions and adjustments
- Organising, planning and managing time
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Support Services
- Related Links
Cognition: managing learning and applying understanding and comprehension in the workplace
- Understand and follow instructions, learn and apply knowledge and skills
- Develop work related skills
- Understand verbal instructions
- Active learning
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Understanding industry specific or technical information
- Expressive language
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Social perceptiveness
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Support Services
- Related Links
Cognition: managing literacy barriers at work
- Literacy skills, reading and writing
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Support Services
- Related Links
Physical: managing access to work and the office building
- Travel to and from work
- Driving for work
- Accessing the building
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Support Services
- Related Links
Physical: Work Health and Safety, and workplace ergonomics (design and function)
- Workplace Ergonomics
- The Office
- Chairs
- Footrests
- Desks
- Computers and accessories
- Document holders
- Other desk based equipment
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Related Links
Physical: managing restrictions in the upper and lower limbs at work
- Upper limb use – barriers
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Reaching
- Lower limb – barriers
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Walking
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Working while standing
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Climbing
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Related Links
Managing blindness or low vision at work
- Managing blindness or low vision at work
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Support Services
- Related Links
Managing Deafness or hearing loss at work
- Managing Deafness and hearing loss at work
- Auslan and the Deaf community
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Profound hearing loss
- Hard of hearing
- Support Services
- Related Links
Managing mental health conditions at work
- Managing mental health conditions at work
- What to do if your colleague discloses a mental health condition?
- Workplace adjustments and solutions for employers
- Supporting a mentally healthy workplace
- Workplace adjustments and solutions for employees
- Support Services
- Related Links
Managing Multiple Sclerosis at work
- Symptoms
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Activities for daily living
- Cognitive impairment
- Fatigue or weakness
- Fine motor impairment
- Gross motor impairment
- Heat sensitivity
- Speech impairment
- Vision impairment
- Workplace adjustments and solutions
- Support Services
- Related Links
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