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GUIDE FOR EMPLOYEES/JOB SEEKERS
WITH DISABILITIES
 
"Questions and Answers About Telecommuting Regarding Persons
with Disabilities: A GUIDE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,"
 
The Independent Living Research Utilization Program,
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, Texas,
and James Jarrett, Graduate School of Business, University
of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
 
This guide is for persons with disabilities who want more
information about telecommuting. The guide is based mainly on a
national mail survey of approximately 500 employers conducted in
1995. Additional information came from telephone interviews,
reviews of materials submitted by corporations and by departments
of federal, state, and local governments, and analysis of prior
telecommuting studies. Prepared in a question-and-answer format,
the guide was designed to present information that employees and
potential employees with disabilities should consider when
thinking about telecommuting. A companion guide addresses related
issues from an employer's perspective. One appendix provides
examples of useful materials which could serve as resources for
employees: guides and handbooks, agreements and forms, reports,
training offerings, electronic sources of information, and
videotapes. A second appendix contains comments from employers
about telecommuting by people with disabilities.
 
There is no cost for an e-mail version of the guide. Contact
James Jarrett at:
 
JarrettJ@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
 
The cost of a hard copy of the guide is $5. Order from the ILRU by
telephone (713-520-0232), or by mail:
 
ILRU
Suite 1000
2323 South Shepherd
Houston, TX 77019

Last updated: December 28, 1998
Email: rijohnso@orednet.org


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