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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