A manager with Attention Deficit Disorder used a software scheduler/organizer and a dictation machine for letter writing. Total cost for these accommodations was $230. A worker with Attention Deficit Disorder who worked shift work received a modified work schedule and is now working day shifts with two days off in a row. This accommodation was at no cost to the employer. A landscaper with ADD was having difficulty remembering the route, and the various obligations along it. He now uses a daily organizer with great success. This accommodation costs $10 per year. A guidance counselor in a high school with ADD was having difficulty concentrating due to the school noise. His school provided him with a phone light, sound proofing, and a floor fan for white noise. The accommodations were very successful and cost was under $600. A technical analyst with ADD was having difficulty keeping track of his various responsibilities. He started using a paper daily organizer. Total cost was under $10. A worker in retail sales with ADD was increasingly frustrated by day-to-day responsibilities on the floor. She broke her day into highly structured chunks. The cost was nothing. An account clerk with ADD working at a bank was having difficulty concentrating on her work. Her office was soundproofed and she self-implemented an accommodation of a personal stereo with nature sounds as white noise. Accommodation cost was under $1000. A marketing consultant with ADD was having difficulty keeping track of all of her accounts. As an accommodation she self-implemented a variety of daily planners, including one in her date book, another on a digital watch and a third on her computer. She considered the accommodations very successful with a cost of under $200. |
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