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Criteria for selection of promising practices
Current crieria for selecting a promising practice include:
- The Workplace Personal Assistant Services (WPAS) practice has contributed to hiring, retaining, or promoting workers with disabilities.
- The WPAS practice is a part of the organization’s written policy, and the organization agrees to make it available through the Center project.
- The WPAS practice has been in place for at least 6 months.
- The WPAS practice reduces or eliminates one or more barriers identified in our research.
Barriers to providing WPAS include:
- Costs
- Perceived costs to employer
- Perceived costs to work unit
- Risk/insurance, especially for personal care
- Attitudes
- Co-worker and supervisor attitude
- Employee attitude
- Company structure
- Employee preparation/awareness
- Waiting time for accommodations
- Space needs for additional person
- Other: Security clearance requirements
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