print email comment close Questions & Answers About Persons With Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act URL: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/intellectual_disabilities.html Description: Extensive guidance about workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for individuals with intellectual disabilities ("formerly referred to as people with mental retardation"). Topics covered include definitions of intellectual disabilities for purpose of the ADA, obtaining and using medical information, reasonable workplace accommodations, safety concerns, conduct, and harassment. Examples are included throughout the document. From the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Publisher: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) LII Database Information: Record 23848 created by Jennifer English on 05/14/2007 Last modification on 05/16/2007 Published: 05/16/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23848