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by young_blood 2291 days ago
From my understanding of the ADA, my employer is only required to make some "reasonable accommodations" available, and not tailor them to my specific needs. As stated in the link provided, "An employer is not required to provide an accommodation that would involve undue hardship (significant difficulty or expense)." I would think it would be possible for my employer to argue that setting up remote work would involve undue hardship...
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How could an accommodation be "reasonable" if it didn't actually address your specific needs?

A lawyer would be able to give you a more definitive answer as to what constitutes "undue hardship" and what your employer's obligations would be.

> Their current work from home stance is "it is not currently possible to allow all employees to work remotely"

That it's impossible for "all employees" is irrelevant. You'd only be asking for an accommodation for a single employee, yourself, not a change in their overall policy.