Accessibility in the laboratory
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Accessibility in the laboratory
（ACS symposium series, 1272）
American Chemical Society , Distributed in print by Oxford University Press, c2018
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Description
For some people with disabilities, their interest and skills are best applied to laboratory work. Science laboratories are environments where hazardous materials and processes are in use, and assessments are required to mitigate risk and ensure compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. Accommodating individuals in a laboratory requires balancing adherence to those regulations, as well
as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) technical access standards. Individualized assessment and accommodation are needed to ensure that a qualified individual with a disability can work or study effectively in the laboratory while ensuring a safe working environment for all. This book is
intended to be a helpful guide for professionals to understand how to provide equal access to people with disabilities in a laboratory environment. It will review the breadth of protections that are provided by the ADA. This book also covers the roles and responsibilities of persons involved in laboratory oversight, including institutional policies and their limitations with respect to providing appropriate support for individualized assessments in the laboratory.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Running a Laboratory in a Post-Secondary Environment: Regulations Related to Disability
3. Assessing the Laboratory Environment
4. Accommodating Persons with Physical Disability in the Lab
5. Hidden or Invisible Disabilities and Laboratory Accommodations
6. Best Practices for Accommodating Hearing and Visual Disabilities in the Laboratory
7. Service Dogs in the Chemistry Laboratory
8. Laboratory Safety for All: Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Chemistry Teaching Laboratories
9. Finding Accommodations That Work
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