What are my obligations when interviewing people with disabilities?
Different laws protect individuals with disabilities during the interviewing process. Employers can not ask the employee about their disability. For example, employers can not ask, “How will your disability affect this job?” However, employers can ask, “This job requires you to input information into a computer using Excel. Can you tell me about your experience in this area?” Employers have an obligation to make reasonable accommodations to enable applicants with disabilities to participate in the interview process. Accommodations for interviews may include: an accessible interview location for people with mobility impairments, a sign language interpreter for a person who is deaf, a reader for a person who is blind, and modified testing for a person with a learning disability. For more information about making job interviews accessible, see A Technical Assistance Manual on the Employment Provisions (Title I) of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio
