This qualitative study investigated messages that
employees would construct when disclosing non-visible
disabilities in the workplace in accordance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act. In addition,
respondents were asked what factors they felt a
supervisor would consider in making the decision to
grant an accommodation.
Open-ended survey questions provided a prompt for
respondents to construct an original message. The
data revealed that the factors identified were
consistent with extant literature. Respondents also
indicated the factors they felt a supervisor would
consider in making...